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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Possible to convert an existing data set to rdi
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Jakob Unterwurzacher |
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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Possible to convert an existing data set to rdiff-backup? |
Date: |
Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:23:42 +0100 |
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Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) |
Craig Findlay schrieb:
> Hi all,
>
> Is there a way to convert an existing data set, such as might be
> produced by rsync, to an rdiff-backup data set.
>
> The rational behind this is that I already have a large amount of data
> in an rsync mirror, but want to convert it to rdiff-backup without
> having to take the significant time and bandwidth to rdiff-backup the
> data from the source from scratch.
>
> Cheers,
> Craig
Yes.
Create a directory "rdiff-backup-data" in the root of you mirror
(alternative: use --force). Then you can just use it as a rdiff-backup
destination and it will take advantage of the already-existing data.
Jakob