Hi, Peter Carlsson wrote on 2013-03-08 23:21:38 +0100 [[BackupPC-users] Archiving incremental backups?]: > Hello! > > Is it possible to archive only the incremental part of a backup?
no, I don't think that is supported, and I also don't think it is a good idea :-). > I would like to make a tar archive only of the files that is part of an > incremental backup. What exactly are you trying to achieve? You are describing the wrong step toward an unknown goal. We can't give you good advice without knowing what you want to do. In short, a tar file of a full backup + one (or more) tar files of incremental backups *do not* equal a snapshot of your source file system at the point of the last incremental, simply because you lose all information about files being deleted (a tar file cannot represent files that are supposed to be deleted on extraction, as far as I know). Of course, you might not have this information in your BackupPC history, if you are using tar or smb transport, but you can fix that by switching to rsync(d), and your archives will still only be tar files. Regards, Holger ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/