Re: [Bug-tar] Incremental restore seems to first create then rename

[Martin Simmons]

>>>>> On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 20:23:03 +0200, "Felix E. Klee" <address@hidden> said:

  Felix> Anyways, I'll look for a tool that does not backup entire directories,
  Felix> if they have only been moved since the last backup. Discovering such
  Felix> cases should be possible by looking at the inode number and the
  Felix> modification time: If the inode number and the modification time of a
  Felix> directory is identical to one stored in a previous backup, then those
  Felix> directories are identical. If the paths are different, then a move
  Felix> should take place upon restore.

I don't think that will work because inode numbers are not unique over time.
E.g. dirs foo and bar below are not related.

$ mkdir foo
$ ls -id foo
 479041 foo
$ rmdir foo
$ mkdir bar
$ ls -id bar
 479041 bar
$ 

__Martin