Re: [rdiff-backup-users] reorganizing backup folders

[Chris Wilson]

Hi Chuck,

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007, Steven Willoughby wrote:
> chuck odonnell wrote:
> >  i have a fairly large repository that i back up using something like:
> >
> >  $ rdiff-backup remote::/m /backups/remote/m
> >
> >  but now i want to add some other folders that are above /m, e.g.:
> >
> >  $ cat include_file
> >  /m
> >  /etc
> >  /usr/local/etc
> >  $ rdiff-backup --include-globbing-filelist include_file --exclude / \
> >    remote::/ /backups/remote
> >
> >  is there a way to merge the new folders into the existing backup tree
> >  or do i have to move the old /backups/remote/m folder out of the way
> >  and start from scratch? i am less concerned about preserving
> >  historical increments than i am with having to refetch the many gigs
> >  of data that comprise remote::/m.
>
> Delete the rdiff-backup-data directory and then run your above command with 
> the --force option.

You might want to move your existing files (sans rdiff-backup-data 
directory) to the location that they will end up in the new repository, so 
that rdiff-backup will find the existing files where it expects them, and 
rsync them instead of just deleting and re-uploading them.

Cheers, Chris.
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