On 03/17/2011 10:26 AM, MikeyG79 wrote:
We just started using rdiff rather than rsync. Everything seems to be running
OK so far, but I found what may be a problem in the future.
This is our basic code:
rdiff-backup.exe -v5 --force --exclude-globbing-filelist exclude.filter
'Source' 'Destination'
Lets say the source is C:/mysql
and the destination is D:/backup
It all runs fine and does what it's supposed to - but I noticed that if I
delete D:/backup/mysql/bin - I can't get rdiff to re-create it. rdiff compares
the meta-data and doesn't seem to see that the backup folder/files are missing.
Am I missing an option or is there something to check or compare the files not
just the meta-data?
What you are missing is the manual page warning that you should never write to
mirror directory except with rdiff-backup. Once you've corrupted the backup
by making changes to the mirror, rdiff-backup won't function correctly for any
files that you affected.
--
Bob Nichols "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address.
Do NOT delete it.
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