Re: Any way for incremental backups to consider just size changes as changes

Bill Arlofski via Bacula-users <[email protected]> Mon, 09 Jun 2025 16:31:15 +0000

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.bacula.user
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On 6/7/25 10:39 PM, Tech - Nibiru wrote:
> Dear Sirs:
> 
> I have read the Bacula documentation, especially regarding the "Accurate" option for incremental backups, looking for an 
> alternative that allows incremental backups to be performed, considering files that have undergone size changes as changed, 
> and not considering changes in file timestamps.

Hello,

Yes, with Accurate mode, you can tell Bacula which attributes to check and which to ignore. Check out the documentation here:

https://docs.baculasystems.com/BETechnicalReference/Director/DirectorResourceTypes/FilesetResource/index.html#technicalreferencedirfilesetresource

In your case, you might have something like:
----8<----
Fileset {
   Name = xxxx
   Include {
     Options {
       compression = zstd
       signature = sha1
       accurate = s
     }
     File = /path/to/files
   }
}
----8<----

And make sure to have `Accurate = yes` in your Job that uses this fileset.


Hope this helps,

Bill

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