[jp] [SPAM] Re: Backup question

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  • TR tmst at nethere.com
    Sun Apr 29 18:37:13 EDT 2007

     

    On Sunday 29 April 2007 14:16, TR wrote:
    > On Saturday 28 April 2007 19:20, Jason Day wrote:
    > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 05:30:00PM +0200, Johan Vromans wrote:
    > > > When doing backups, I noticed that everytime a backup directory is
    > > > created holding a complete set of files. Unmodified files are not
    > > > fetched from the Palm, but copied from the previous backup.
    > > >
    > > > Is it possible to link unmodified files to the previous backup instead
    > > > of copying them, to save space?
    > >
    > > Are you using jpilot-backup plugin, or J-Pilot's built-in backup (sync
    > > using the backup button instead of the sync button)?  Jpilot-backup
    > > keeps a user-defined number of backup directories, and creates hard
    > > links to unmodified files.  If you're not using it, you can get it from
    > > my website (link is in my sig) if you're interested.
    > >
    > > I'm not sure how the built-in backups work.
    > >
    > > Jason
    >
    > Jason,
    >
    > There's a problem with the jpilot-backup plugin in the SuSE 10.0 distro.
    > After installing the pkg (0.51-2) and restarting JPilot (0.99.8), the
    > "Archives" field contains a repeating decimal of hundreds of characters.
    > The field is repopulated with the same value after clearing it.
    >
    > -TR
    
    Oops. Sorry about the incorrect screenshot. Unfortunately, I already 
    uninstalled the pkg so can't get one now.
    
    BTW (KDE question, probably), the metadata available for a jpilot backup 
    directory is pretty cool. Is there an easy way (in KDE) to get that for other 
    file types?
    
    

     

     

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