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

[Helmut Waitzmann]

"Felix E. Klee" <address@hidden> writes:

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

Yes, but the inode change time rather than the modification time should
be used:  The modification time is not a reliable one, it could have been
set back.
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