Re: [Duplicity-talk] How it works document

[Richard L. Houston]

Hi Ken,

Thanks for the response. 

The big question I have is, on an incremental run, how does duplicity determine 
if a file needs to be backed up and on recovery how does it move through large 
amount of date to find the file you may have requested to recover? Does it look 
through all the diff files?  In the case of recovery for a file in the past 
using the -t how does it reassemble the file. Sorry if these are noobish 
questions but it would be great to know when I am pitching duplicity.

thanks big time in advance!!

Rich 

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----- "Kenneth Loafman" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Richard L. Houston wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I am pitching implementing Duplicity for client backup and I got
> "the" question. "can you give us a detailed explanation on how
> Duplicity works." I explained it as best I could but I think I had
> some holes. The client is not a technical group but they like detail.
> > 
> > I was wondering if there was a some what detailed explanation of how
> Duplicity works? I looked at the script but I an not a programmer in
> any respect so I got lost pretty quick. The big question that came out
> of the above was: if a previous backup is found how does it know what
> file have changed.
> > 
> > Sorry for asking for this info, I know you would all rather be doing
> something else but any help/explanation would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> A duplicity user sent me a link to a diagram of duplicity somewhere
> in
> the debian or ubuntu networks, but for now I can't seem to find it.
> I've been meaning to update the docs on the web site for a while, but
> a
> couple of work deadlines have been in the way.
> 
> If you have specific questions about how it works, maybe I can
> address
> them.  Its really not all that complicated.
> 
> ...Ken
> 
> 
> 
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