Re: [rdiff-backup-users] No increments founds but there should be

[Adrian Klaver]

On 09/12/2013 12:54 PM, Rob wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have backed up my home directory from on HDD to another, both on the
> same machine. I have run the back up command (a simple rdiff-backup foo
> bar) several times over the last couple of days so there should be
> increments present.
>
> For example I can do:
> rdiff-backup --list-changed-since 20m ./BACKUPDIR/
> [clip stuff]
> changed Dropbox/home/scripts/fresh_install.sh
> deleted Dropbox/home/scripts/fresh_install.sh~
>
> I know the script "fresh_install.sh" has changed multiple times and
> rdiff-backup indeed seems to have noticed a change here. But when I
> search for increments I get:
>
> rdiff-backup -l ./scripts/fresh_install.sh
> Found 0 increments:
> Current mirror: Thu Sep 12 15:32:34 2013
>
> Any idea what could be going wrong?

http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1.html

-l, --list-increments
    List  the  number  and  date of partial incremental backups 
contained in the specified destination  directory.   No  backup  or
restore will take place if this option is given.


Try:

rdiff-backup -l ./BACKUPDIR/

> Thanks!
>
> _______________________________________________
> rdiff-backup-users mailing list at address@hidden
> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users
> Wiki URL:
> http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki


--
Adrian Klaver
address@hidden