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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Migrating from rsync to rdiff-backup
From: |
dean gaudet |
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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Migrating from rsync to rdiff-backup |
Date: |
Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:47:44 -0700 (PDT) |
On Tue, 25 Oct 2005, Piotr Nowacki wrote:
> Hi,
> I have been using rsync to copy data between remote sites,
> so I have most of my data already copied.
> Is there any way to create rdiff-backup metadata of existing bacup
> done wiyh rsync, and then to continue using rdiff-backup to make
> differentail backups.
> The problem is amount of data (over 30GB) over slow and unreliable adsl link.
yeah -- just use --force the first time you try to rdiff-backup to your
existing rsync backup. (you won't need --force after this first time)
-dean