Hello G.W. Thanks, perfect explained. I understand :)
Thanks a lot Matthias Am Montag, dem 18.11.2024 um 15:56 +0000 schrieb G.W. Haywood: > Hi there, > > To answer the question in the subject line, yes there is. :) > > On Mon, 18 Nov 2024, Matthias wrote: > > > I don't understand the difference between filled and not filled incremental > > backups. > > Suppose you set up BackupPC so that when it first backs up it does one > single full backup, then, for ever after, it does incremental backups. > > Eventually you will have one filled, full backup (the first one), lots > and lots of of unfilled, incremental backups, and one backup (the most > recent one) which is filled even though it is an incremental backup. > > If you restore _any_ of them, at the time of the restore if the backup > is unfilled it will be filled by BackupPC. Of course that may be very > time-consuming, because BackupPC will have to calculate what's missing > from the unfilled backup. > > > As far as I understand, the attrib_<md5> file contains the MD5 of all > > files, part of a backup. > > Indepentend if it is a full, filled incremental or not filled incremental. > > > > I'm right? > > I don't really understand the question. Below are the last couple of > backups for what I call the 'Config' share on one of my machines (it's > our database server, the 'Config' share is basically just the content > of the /etc/ directory on the machine). Both backups are incremental. > The most recent one is filled (because it's the most recent one) even > though it's an incremental backup. Its name is pi3bplus. Actually it > isn't a Pi3B+, that's a historical accident. I'm sorry if lines wrap > in your mail reader... > > 8<----------------------------------------------------------------------8<------------------------ > ----------------------------------------------8<-------------------------------------------------- > -------------------- > > $ ls /var/lib/BackupPC/pc/pi3bplus/1133/fConfig/ > attrib_d49e05641bc7743e3b39a00f3ea9bfda > > $ ls /var/lib/BackupPC/pc/pi3bplus/1134/fConfig/ > attrib_7ed0df1d67a47e6327bab3808f4f315f fchrony fdhcp > fgroff > fkernel fmodules-load.d fpipewire fpython3.7 > frsyslog.d > fssl fufw > falternatives fcifs-utils fdictionaries-common > fgss > fldap fmplayer fplymouth fpython3.9 frunit > > fsudoers.d funbound > fapache2 fconsole-setup fdnsmasq.d > fgtk-2.0 > fld.so.conf.d fmysql fpolkit-1 frc0.d fsamba > > fsv fupdate-motd.d > fapparmor.d fcron.d fdpkg > fgtk-3.0 > flibblockdev fnagios fpostgresql frc1.d fsecurity > > fsysctl.d fusb_modeswitch.d > fapt fcron.daily femacs > fhostapd > flibnl-3 fnagios-plugins fpostgresql-common frc2.d fselinux > > fsysstat fvim > fapt-cacher fcron.hourly fenvironment.d > fifplugd > flibpaper.d fnetwork fppp frc3.d > fsensors.d > fsystemd fvulkan > favahi fcron.monthly fexim4 > fImageMagick-6 > flighttpd fNetworkManager fprofile.d frc4.d fsgml > > fterminfo fwildmidi > fbash_completion.d fcron.weekly ffonts > finit > flogcheck fopenal fpulse frc5.d fskel > > ftimidity fwpa_supplicant > fbinfmt.d fcsh fgconf > finit.d > flogrotate.d fopenni2 fpython frc6.d > fsmartmontools > ftmpfiles.d fX11 > fbluetooth fdbus-1 fgdb > finitramfs-tools > fmenu fopt fpython2.7 frcS.d > fsmokeping > ftriggerhappy fxdg > fca-certificates fdconf fghostscript > finsserv.conf.d > fmenu-methods fpam.d fpython3 frequest-key.d > fsmokeping_dist > fudev fxinetd.d > fcalendar fdefault fglvnd > fiproute2 > fmodprobe.d fperl fpython3.5 fresolvconf fssh > > fudisks2 fxml > > 8<----------------------------------------------------------------------8<------------------------ > ----------------------------------------------8<-------------------------------------------------- > -------------------- > > The config on this machine doesn't change often. As you can see, > incremental backup number 1133 doesn't contain all the directories > which the filled incremental backup 1134 contains. > > Going back more in time, backup 1128 is the oldest incremental backup > for this share: > > 8<----------------------------------------------------------------------8<------------------------ > ----------------------------------------------8<-------------------------------------------------- > -------------------- > > $ ls /var/lib/BackupPC/pc/pi3bplus/1128/fConfig > attrib_c1e48843672a98d713eb37a310566746 > > 8<----------------------------------------------------------------------8<------------------------ > ----------------------------------------------8<-------------------------------------------------- > -------------------- > > Backup 1124 is the youngest full backup of the share: > > 8<----------------------------------------------------------------------8<------------------------ > ----------------------------------------------8<-------------------------------------------------- > -------------------- > > $ ls /var/lib/BackupPC/pc/pi3bplus/1124/fConfig > attrib_b1de2c823acec78193dc64bac9c920d8 fchrony fdhcp > fgroff > fkernel fmodules-load.d fpipewire fpython3.7 > frsyslog.d > fssl fufw > falternatives fcifs-utils fdictionaries-common > fgss > fldap fmplayer fplymouth fpython3.9 frunit > > fsudoers.d funbound > fapache2 fconsole-setup fdnsmasq.d > fgtk-2.0 > fld.so.conf.d fmysql fpolkit-1 frc0.d fsamba > > fsv fupdate-motd.d > fapparmor.d fcron.d fdpkg > fgtk-3.0 > flibblockdev fnagios fpostgresql frc1.d fsecurity > > fsysctl.d fusb_modeswitch.d > fapt fcron.daily femacs > fhostapd > flibnl-3 fnagios-plugins fpostgresql-common frc2.d fselinux > > fsysstat fvim > fapt-cacher fcron.hourly fenvironment.d > fifplugd > flibpaper.d fnetwork fppp frc3.d > fsensors.d > fsystemd fvulkan > favahi fcron.monthly fexim4 > fImageMagick-6 > flighttpd fNetworkManager fprofile.d frc4.d fsgml > > fterminfo fwildmidi > fbash_completion.d fcron.weekly ffonts > finit > flogcheck fopenal fpulse frc5.d fskel > > ftimidity fwpa_supplicant > fbinfmt.d fcsh fgconf > finit.d > flogrotate.d fopenni2 fpython frc6.d > fsmartmontools > ftmpfiles.d fX11 > fbluetooth fdbus-1 fgdb > finitramfs-tools > fmenu fopt fpython2.7 frcS.d > fsmokeping > ftriggerhappy fxdg > fca-certificates fdconf fghostscript > finsserv.conf.d > fmenu-methods fpam.d fpython3 frequest-key.d > fsmokeping_dist > fudev fxinetd.d > fcalendar fdefault fglvnd > fiproute2 > fmodprobe.d fperl fpython3.5 fresolvconf fssh > > fudisks2 fxml > > 8<----------------------------------------------------------------------8<------------------------ > ----------------------------------------------8<-------------------------------------------------- > -------------------- > > Does any of this help? > _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
