On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 09:00:48AM +0000, Dominic Raferd wrote: > listserv.traf...@sloop.net wrote: > > I'm not aware, so if I'm wrong perhaps someone could correct me, but > > I'd like a command to, in essence, do a comprehensive > > --verify-all-files-in-the-archive. [I'm pretty sure such a thing > > doesn't exist, at least I never saw it in the docs.] > > > > This would apply all deltas to *all* files (back to the oldest > copy) and compare the stored > > hashes at the time of backup to the rebuilt file. [Note all the > > files, not just those in a particular target date/delta.] > > > > This wouldn't verify that every file would be correct in every delta > > version, but it would, I think, get as close as one might come to > > that. > > I think it is an excellent proposal (as in, how come rdiff-backup
when you talk about hashes are you talking of something similar to a md5sum of the whole file or just blocks of the file. I think it would be good to have a md5sum ( something similar ) attached to each backed up file for each backup. > doesn't already offer that?) But development of rdiff-backup seems > to have gone quiet recently, I guess Andrew has been busy? > > Dominic > > > _______________________________________________ > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki >
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