Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup features?

[Matthew Flaschen]

Andrew Ferguson wrote:
> address@hidden wrote:
>> I am imagining the following process, please let me know your thoughts:
>>
>> Step A, Backup Sync:
>>    1. Write changes as diffs against the current repository into 
>> something like $REPO/rdiff-backup-data/scratch/.
>>    2. Simultaneously, write changes as rdiffs against the will-be new 
>> version for placement in $REPO/rdiff-backup-data/increments/.
> 
> What do you do when the link goes down in the middle of Step A? The
> file's you've already written scratch changes for could have changed, so
> you'll have to recompare anyway.

You have to delete all the forward diffs (which is a fast operation) and
recompare, but you don't have to regress any data files (they were never
changed).  To me, that's a major advantage.

Matt Flaschen