Re: Archive Management

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Joseph Watson wote :
> Hello Denis,

Hello Joseph,

> 
> On Saturday November 24 2007, Denis Corbin wrote:
>> Hello Again,
>>
>> I have added 'S' and 'i' criterium to the overwriting policy (man page
>> has been updated too), but it has not been very much tested. I must warn
>> you that this is development code, you'd better not use it in production
>> envrironment. In particular, adding a new feature may break archive
>> compatibility with an older development version (not with a released
>> version of course).
> 
> I am very aware of the development status, and that is okay.  Thanks very much 
> for adding the new options!
> 
> I understand 'S' quite well, but could you explain a little on the 'i' 
> criterium?  I am trying to under stand its significance.

Well, in a dar archive there is objects that correspond to files,
directories, special devices,... all theses correspond to real inode of
the filesystem. Dar archive also contain objetcs that correspond to non
inode files, like entry that are placed to record removed inode.

the 'i' criterim matches only inode entry.

>  
>> But I realize that this should not completely address your need when you
>> have files with EA. You may have TOTO with EA and Data saved in day1,
>> while in Day2 you could have TOTO with only EA saved (Data unchanged).
>>
>> The merging would either drop Data or drop the most recent EA.]
>>
>> I must change the merging algorithm to be able to merge Data and EA
>> separately. 
> 
> Maybe I could dig in and proved a acceptable patch to help hear, but I am not 
> sure just how deep this will get :)
> 
>> But as this is a important work, it will be for next April, 
>> I must suspend the development up to that time due to personal
>> constraint and will only keep maintaining releases for bug fix during
>> this period.
> 
> This will be fine.  I have big ambitions to develop a app to receive and 
> manage backup archives as I described previously, so this time frame will not 
> hold me up any.
> 
>> I hope you'll understand,
> 
> I do understand very well, I have a Day Job and a Family myself :) spare time 
> is scarce.
> 
>> Regards,
>> Denis.
> 
> Thanks for dar!
> 

You are welcome,

Regards,
Denis.

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