[Mondo-devel] tape verification; differential mode

[Hugo R. <hu...@fi...>]

Mondo v1.33 (unreleased) now supports tape verification. It creates an MD5 checksum of every file it backs up. Then it uses the checksums (and afio's "-r" verify mode) to figure out whether the live copy differs from the archive because you changed it or because the archive is bad. Neat, eh?

Mondo v1.33 also has a proper --differential switch. If you use it, Mondo will figure out which files have been added or changed since the last _full_ backup; it will backup these and only these files.

I have just found myself temporary work. So, from now until next Tuesday, I shall be working 12-hours days. I'll be testing Mondo overnight (unattended!) for the next few nights. I hope to release v1.33 on Sunday.

I mean, v1.33 is absolutely fine now, IMO. I have wiped and restored my PC at least twice with it. However, I don't want to let it out of my sight until I have performed another 3 or 4 Nuke Mode restores and another 2 or 3 Interactive Mode restores. I am very tired of 'oops' releases, even on the unstable branch. I am sure you are, too. ;)

-Hugo


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