Re: Strategies for backup of millions of files...

On 05/10/2024 02:16, Marco Gaiarin wrote:
[SNIP]
 > > Doc say:
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>   strippath=integer
>      This option will cause integer paths to be stripped from the front of the full path/filename being backed up. This can be useful if you are migrating data from another vendor or if you have taken a snapshot into some subdirectory. This directive can cause your filenames to be overlayed with regular backup data, so should be used only by experts and with great care.
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> What exactly mean 'This directive can cause your filenames to be overlayed'?!
> 

Because it does exactly what it says it will do.

If you backup /a/b/c/d, and then restore it with "strippath=1" it will 
restore to /b/c/d.

If you have some pre-existing /b/c/d it's now been over-written, or 
overlaid, if you prefer..

	Cheers,
		Gary	B-)