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Re: resuming initial backup

by Dominic Raferd-3 :: Rate this Message:

What exactly needs to be deleted (i.e. the rdiff metadata)? What happens
to the data history (held in the rdiff-backup directory), is it still
all recoverable after you have followed this procedure?

Dominic

On 20/05/2012 12:34, D. Kriesel wrote:

> PS.: You might have to --force the backup, not sure, but I know it works ...
>
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>> Gesendet: Sonntag, 20. Mai 2012 13:34
>> An: 'tim'; rdiff-backup-users@...
>> Betreff: Re: [rdiff-backup-users] resuming initial backup
>>
>> Rdiff-backup takes any existing data as a base in a target dir that has to
>> be initialized, so just remove the rdiff-metadata from the target, while
>> keeping the data that has already been copied :-)
>>
>> Cheers
>> David
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