Re: [flexbackup-help] Let me contribute and introduce some new functionality to Flexbackup...

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Charlie Brady charlieb-flexbackup-at-e-smith.com |Lists| wrote:
> I don't know. Is that question relevant to this list? Are you offering =
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> sponsor the development of the features you find missing?

No, in fact, I'm strongly considering implementing them directly myself! =
:D

As I wrote in my original post:
> I'm tempted to take a stab at adding the meta data to the created and=20
> backuped data and implementing -restore and -search. I've just never=20
> used a tape backup system, only to-disk. Would anybody we willing to=20
> test any such enhancements on a tape-drive?

To business:

Charlie Brady charlieb-flexbackup-at-e-smith.com |Lists| wrote:

> to create such a thing, you need a considerably more=20
> sophisticated process for creating incremental backups.

I'm thinking that when creating a backup, incremental, differential or=20
otherwise, all that needs to get stored is the full current "list of=20
files" that currently exist on the disk within the backup set's directori=
es.

 From that, after restoring either a full backup set a=20
full+incremental+incremental or whatever, then the "list of files" from=20
the last restored set (incremental or full) will contain exactly which=20
files should be present. Then one can (offer to) remove the files that=20
are not in the "list of files" or just present a list of files suggested=20
for deletion.

It should be really easy! (Well, we'll see... :D)

 From the posts in this thread I'm aware that this new functionality=20
maybe shouldn't be the default. But I need it so I think I'll introduce=20
it as optional behavior.

Peter
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Peter Valdemar M=F8rch
http://www.morch.com