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Re: re[2]: [rdiff-backup-users] Weird FAT/NTFS timestamps
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Ben Escoto |
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Re: re[2]: [rdiff-backup-users] Weird FAT/NTFS timestamps |
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Thu, 03 Apr 2003 17:01:42 -0800 |
>>>>> "GF" == Greg Freemyer <address@hidden>
>>>>> wrote the following on Thu, 3 Apr 2003 16:17:39 -0500
GF> The bug causes the cygwin lstat time returned during normal time
GF> and during DST are different. (They vary by 3600 secs.)
...
GF> Rsync sees this change in lstat values as a file update and
GF> transfers 100% of the files on the first run after a DST change.
GF> Would rdiff-backup also do this, or does it exclusively use
GF> block level checksums?
Yes, I suppose rdiff-backup would react the same way. (But note that
it wouldn't transfer 100% of all the files, it would just transmit
checksum information about 100% of the files. Still, this could take
a long time depending on the circumstances.)
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Ben Escoto
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