Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Filesystem not big enough to hold all diff files, want to keep them, and add others.

[dean gaudet]

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, George Gallen wrote:

> My question here is Can I set a date that is not the current date for 
> the rdiff-backup. So, if I'm starting with the Feb 2000 tape, can I tell 
> rdiff that the date to use is 02/28/2000 and not the current system 
> date.

you might get away with just hacking Time.py, setcurtime() 
setcurtime_local() functions...

or try a larger hammer if you're on linux -- 
http://www.ex-parrot.com/~chris/stuff/timeshift-README


> I understand that once I start this process, I will not be able to add 
> in any older tapes than the first one I started with (can I?).

you can only go forward.

> Is there a way I can merge the current mirrored filesystem on top of all 
> these older backups or will be be stuck with having two filesystem to 
> pull backups from?

after creating the mirror of all your tape backups you could one by one 
restore your disk backups to a temp directory and add them to the tape 
mirror...

-dean