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

[Felix E. Klee]

On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 20:18:03 +0100 (BST) Martin Simmons wrote:
>   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.

Read again what I wrote about modification time.

Felix