Carl Keil wrote: > I'm sorry for the delay, I'm just now getting a chance to try the "perl > -ne" suggestion. What do you mean by backuppc's header info? How would I > search for that? > > Thanks for your suggestions, > > > backuppc stores the compressed backed up files in compressed blocks with an md4 rsync checksum. For instance, you can't just "gunzip < filename" from the pool to examine the contents of the file. You have to use backuppc's zcat utility. I don't know that the format is documented outside of the perl module that does it. Kinda looks like it does zlib blocks and it tweaks the first byte...
Take a look at BackuppC::FileZIO for more details... http://backuppc.cvs.sourceforge.net/backuppc/BackupPC/lib/BackupPC/FileZIO.pm?revision=1.26&view=markup Rich ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
