Re: [BackupPC-users] Identical files
>> From a practical perspective, files x and y are identical if and only if >> `diff x y` returns 0. It's really just about the content. Thanks, Alex! ...What about filename and file directory, do these have to match for a pair of files to be identical? >> They wouldn't be identical files. They'd be the same file. :) Yes of course. :-) I was thinking though, what if the directory was the same but filename was different (a copy of the file), or the filename was the same but directory different (copy of file in different directory using same name). And I’m glad to hear they are still detected as the same file! That should be added to that documentation sentence. I’d do it myself but don’t know how. Is it easy to make updates to the documentation? ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Identical files
Hi there, On Thu, 25 Jul 2019, Ted Toal wrote: ...What about filename and file directory, do these have to match for a pair of files to be identical? They wouldn't be identical files. They'd be the same file. :) -- 73, Ged. ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Identical files
On 24.07.19 23:07, Ted Toal wrote: > BackupPC documentation says ‘by "identical files" we mean files with > identical contents, not necessary the same permissions, ownership or > modification time.’ What about filename and file directory, do these have to > match for a pair of files to be identical? No. And the on-disk representation may be different, too - inodes, filesystems, sparsity, (transparent) compression and encryption, name it; the files might even be on different machines, that's quite expected... ;-) From a practical perspective, files x and y are identical if and only if `diff x y` returns 0. It's really just about the content. HTH, Alex smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature ___ 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/
