Re: [rdiff-backup-users] moving synced directories

[Kurt Yoder]

When I want to do this kind of thing, I usually rsync the existing  
backup, *minus* the rdiff-backup-data directory. Then I run rdiff- 
backup from the new machine with the --force option. So in your  
example, you'd do something like:

rsync -av --exclude --numeric-ids './rdiff-backup-data' /copy/office/ 
office1 /copy/office/office2

then let it finish, and set up your first rdiff-backup run:

rdiff-backup --force /home/office/office2 remote_server::/copy/office/ 
office2

on subsequent runs you can remove the --force option.

On Oct 16, 2007, at 4:13 AM, Chris Fanning wrote:

> Hello,
>
> rdiff-backup has been running just fine now for me for about a year
> with a weekly cron.
>
> rdiff-backup /home/office remote_server::/copy/office
>
> Now we have opened a new branch office.
> I would like to continue using the same remote_server but rearrange
> the directories.
>
> At office1 something like
> rdiff-backup /home/office/office1 remote_server::/copy/office/office1
>
> and at office2
> rdiff-backup /home/office/office2 remote_server::/copy/office/office2
>
> So, I want to move the data from /copy/office to /copy/office/office1
>
> How should I do this without having to resync the data?




--Kurt