[gentoo-user] File system meta-data indexer / checker

2013-06-16 Thread Ciprian Dorin Craciun
Hello all! While struggling with managing various old backups --- just imagine 10 or so copies of almost the same content, some with `rsync`, some with `rdiff-backup`, yet some others on plain ISO's, all over a range of a few years --- I stumbled upon the following missing piece in the Lin

Re: [gentoo-user] File system meta-data indexer / checker

2013-06-16 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 16.06.2013 23:14, schrieb Ciprian Dorin Craciun: > Hello all! > > While struggling with managing various old backups --- just > imagine 10 or so copies of almost the same content, some with `rsync`, > some with `rdiff-backup`, yet some others on plain ISO's, all over a > range of a few

Re: [gentoo-user] File system meta-data indexer / checker

2013-06-16 Thread Ciprian Dorin Craciun
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Florian Philipp wrote: > Am 16.06.2013 23:14, schrieb Ciprian Dorin Craciun: >> Hello all! >> >> While struggling with managing various old backups --- just >> imagine 10 or so copies of almost the same content, some with `rsync`, >> some with `rdiff-backup

Re: [gentoo-user] File system meta-data indexer / checker

2013-06-17 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday 17 Jun 2013 07:00:35 Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: > On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Florian Philipp wrote: > > Do you mean something like `cp --attributes-only`? > > Nop, wouldn't do the job, because `cp --attributes-only` requires > a target file system, ... You could always cp

Re: [gentoo-user] File system meta-data indexer / checker

2013-06-17 Thread Ciprian Dorin Craciun
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Monday 17 Jun 2013 07:00:35 Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Florian Philipp > wrote: >> > Do you mean something like `cp --attributes-only`? >> >> Nop, wouldn't do the job, because `cp --attributes-o

Re: [gentoo-user] File system meta-data indexer / checker

2013-06-17 Thread Paul Colquhoun
On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:14:17 Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: > Hello all! > > While struggling with managing various old backups --- just > imagine 10 or so copies of almost the same content, some with `rsync`, > some with `rdiff-backup`, yet some others on plain ISO's, all over a > range of

Re: [gentoo-user] File system meta-data indexer / checker

2013-06-17 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday 17 Jun 2013 08:25:08 Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: > On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Peter Humphrey > > wrote: > > On Monday 17 Jun 2013 07:00:35 Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Florian Philipp > >> > > > > wrote: > >> > Do you mean something like `

Re: [gentoo-user] File system meta-data indexer / checker

2013-06-17 Thread Ciprian Dorin Craciun
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Monday 17 Jun 2013 08:25:08 Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Peter Humphrey >> >> wrote: >> > On Monday 17 Jun 2013 07:00:35 Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: >> >> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Florian Phi