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- From: jdm at moylan.us (dan moylan)
- Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2017 17:35:48 -0400
dan ritter writes: > On Thu, Jun 08, 2017 at 02:11:22PM -0400, dan moylan wrote: > > dan ritter writes: > > > > I don't know backintime, but I'm guessing it uses links to > > > > do file-level snapshots. Bet there's a FAQ. > > > > 35G 20170607-120002-419 > > > > 86M 20170607-230005-357 > almost as if there were 86MB of changes in between the > first and second snapshots. of course, that's the whole point of backintime. it was/is/has been obvious, even to me, but it is not the question and never has been. my question was and is: why does du -s * show 86MG for the second and now third backups, and du -s 20170607-230005-357 as well as du -hd1 20170607-230005-357 show 35MB? this is not obvious to me -- if it is to you, please explain. tia, ole dan j. daniel moylan 84 harvard ave brookline, ma 02446-6202 617-777-0207 (cel) jdm at moylan.us www.moylan.us [no html pls]
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