Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Verify times increasing

[Dominic Raferd]

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> I'm not aware, so if I'm wrong perhaps someone could correct me, but
> I'd like a command to, in essence, do a comprehensive
> --verify-all-files-in-the-archive. [I'm pretty sure such a thing
> doesn't exist, at least I never saw it in the docs.]
>
> This would apply all deltas to *all* files (back to the oldest copy) 
and compare the stored
> hashes at the time of backup to the rebuilt file. [Note all the
> files, not just those in a particular target date/delta.]
>
> This wouldn't verify that every file would be correct in every delta
> version, but it would, I think, get as close as one might come to
> that.

I think it is an excellent proposal (as in, how come rdiff-backup 
doesn't already offer that?) But development of rdiff-backup seems to 
have gone quiet recently, I guess Andrew has been busy?

Dominic