On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 08:27:58PM -0500, Jon Craig wrote: > > I know that there is something that can get missed by an incremental > > backup as a result of the way it works, I just don't remember exactly > > what it is. > > Incrementals catch files based on the timestamp of the last run, not > changes in individual timestamps on each file. This means that if you > unpack an archive as root and it creates files with timestamps prior > to the last backup those files wont get backed up until the next full > (when timestamps are ignored).
Only with non-rsync transfers! rsync will compare file lists and transfer any new files regardless of their timestamp. Tino. -- "What we nourish flourishes." - "Was wir nähren erblüht." www.lichtkreis-chemnitz.de www.craniosacralzentrum.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ 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/
