Re: File Formats
Reio Remma <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.rdiff-backup.general |
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On 25.03.2021 09:29, [email protected] wrote: > I just heard about rdiff-backup and I'm planning how to configure it. > > The documentation says: > "Earlier states of your files are saved just by 1) keeping a copy of them, > 2) in diff form as produced by rdiff, or 3) as a gzipped version of 1 or 2." > > I see the --no-compression option to disable compression. However I do not > see an option to produce copies of older files vs. storing them in rdiff > format. How is the file format for older files controlled? > > Thanks much! Hello and welcome! I don't think it matters to you - it should be just a description of how rdiff-backup handles file history internally. --no-compression should disable compression of older files when a newer snapshot is created. It's sometimes useful to disable compression because gzip is rather CPU hungry and depending on files it can make the backup take a long time. All the best, Reio