Re: [rdiff-backup-users] current version versus 0.6 - old better?

[Ivo Michiel]

When I give the option do not create meta-files, is that the solution?

Thanks

Ivo

On Sat, 6 Aug 2005, Ben Escoto wrote:

> >>>>> Ivo Michiel <address@hidden>
> >>>>> wrote the following on Thu, 12 May 2005 14:26:35 +0200 (CEST)
>
> > I use rdiff-backup for several yaers now version 0.6.
> > I recently used version 0.13.4
> > ----
> > my question: With the old one, when I deleted a file on the
> > backup-place, the mirror one, not in the rdiff-backup folder. Then, on the
> > next backup, it copied it again to the backup-place, even if the original
> > file is nog changed.
> > With version 0.13 it does not!
> > I know version 0.13 is a lot quicker than 0.6, but has this disadvantage.
> > Is there a way to force again every file on the backup?
>
> Not really, because 0.11.2 (?) and later don't read the mirror files
> directly, so they don't know if they've been deleted.
>
> In general you shouldn't mess with the mirror directly because you
> will corrupt your backups.  Even in 0.6.0 deleting files may cause
> data loss.  (The next backup will recopy the file, but the previous
> increments will be relative to the old version which was permanently
> lost, not the new version just copied.)
>
>
> --
> Ben Escoto
>