Re: [rdiff-backup-users] workaround for "[Errno 91] File name too long..."?

[rdiff]

On Fri, 17 Aug 2007, Dave Kempe wrote:
> While i agree with everything Andrew has said regarding long filenames and 
> such - on filesystems that don't require escaping, we have had no problems 
> using rdiff-backup to back up rdiff-backup repos. As long as you structure 
> the directorys right, its works really well.

When searching for the rdiff-backup-data directory, does rdiff-backup 
check top down, or bottom up?

ie:

We have

/backup-backups/rdiff-backup-data/...
/backup-backups/b1/rdiff-backup-data/...
/backup-backups/b1/foo/bar.txt
/backup-backups/b2/rdiff-backup-data/...
/backup-backups/b2/foo/bar.txt

If one were to restore /backup-backups/b2/foo/bar.txt, would it use 
/backup-backups/b2/rdiff-backup-data/ to read increments from, or 
would it use /backup-backups/rdiff-backup-data/ ?

Otherwise stated, does it search in this order:

/rdiff-backup-data [fail]
/backup-backups/rdiff-backup-data [succeed]

Or this order:

/backup-backups/b2/foo/rdiff-backup-data [fail]
/backup-backups/b2/rdiff-backup-data [succeed]

-Eric