Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Restoring files while rdiff-backup is running

[Dimi Paun]

On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 16:26 +0000, Simon Hobson wrote:
> The repository would still be locked, as the snapshot would simply 
> show your the state of the disk at a set point in time. What you 
> could do is to create a snapshot before starting the backup, and then 
> destroy it later. I'd guess the timing you'd need would be :
> 
> Create snapshot (if not already in existance) before starting backup
> Do backup
> Kill snapshot IF there is no copy in progress.
> 
> Create snapshot (if not already in existance) before starting copy
> Do copy from snapshot
> Kill snapshot IF there is no backup in progress.

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BTW, this is one of the features built into safekeep already:
    http://safekeep.sourceforge.net/
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Dimi Paun <address@hidden>
Lattica, Inc.