Re: Restructurinf files systems

Hi Dieter,
there is nothing you can do, rdiff-backup doesn't recognize file movements=
, so yes a lot of changes in the file system will mean a lot of changes in =
your backup=2E
You could simply start a new repository and drop the old one after a few b=
ack-up cycles?
KR, Eric=20

On 12 March 2026 09:45:59 UTC, "Dieter Heu=C3=9Fner via Any discussion of =
rdiff-backup" <rdiff-backup-users@nongnu=2Eorg> wrote:
>   I use rdiff-backup on a Debian 13 (Trixie) server to backup data=2E
>   Everything works OK=2E
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>
>   Now there is a major need to re-structure the file systems (e=2Eg=2E a=
)
>   deleting files and directories, b) renaming files and directories; c)
>   re-grouping files and directories)=2E
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>
>   These actions can be done outside rdiff-backup, just on Linux level,
>   and afterwards using rdiff-backup to backup the reorganized file
>   systems to destination media again=2E
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>
>   However, this could result in having same files and directories
>   two-fold on destination media: version before the restructuring and a
>   version after restructuring=2E
>
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>   And what about the rdiff-backup database ("rdiff-backup-data") which
>   keeps track of any version of files and directories?
>
>
>   Could you suggest a plan on how to proceed, please?
>
>
>   Best regards
>
>   Dieter