Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Switching between compressed and uncompressed increments

[dean gaudet]

On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Bret Martin wrote:

> On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 06:02:38 +1000 "David Kempe" wrote:
> > > Is it safe to do either or both of these things to convert an
> > > rdiff-backup directory between having compressed and uncompressed
> > > increments?
> > 
> > if you are using the devel versions you probably need to make sure the
> > mirror_metadata has the right information as well.
> 
> Hm, I'm using 0.13.6 -- but I don't see any compression-related data in 
> the mirror_metadata* files.  Can you clue me in?

yeah i don't think there'll be any problem at all if you rename 
.diff.gz/.diff either way.

but test on an unimportant repository first :)

-dean