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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Backwards compatibility
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Andrew Ferguson |
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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Backwards compatibility |
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Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:43:35 -0500 |
On Jan 11, 2009, at 8:49 AM, Gad Abraham wrote:
I'm interested in using rdiff-backup to backup my home directories
in Ubuntu Hardy to an external drive (not over the network).
Are future versions of rdiff-backup guaranteed to be able to read
older backups?
Yes, there is generally an effort to do that. Furthermore, the
archives are kept in an open format.
Please see the FAQ entry: "2. Is rdiff-backup backwards compatible?"
http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/FAQ.html#compatible
Andrew