Re: [rdiff-backup-users] More newby Qs: list of changed files, server-side diffs

[Ben Escoto]

>>>>> "BB" == Bud P Bruegger <address@hidden>
>>>>> wrote the following on Thu, 21 Nov 2002 18:20:23 +0100

  BB> * is it possible to get a list of which files have changed
  BB> between two versions under a starting directory

Not directly.  You can use 'find' maybe to search for increments that
have the appropriate date strings in them.  It's a good idea though
and should be pretty easy to implement---adding to TODO list (of
course this has no relation to whether I do it).

  BB> * is it possible to request a diff between two arbitrary
  BB> versions of a (text) file?

No, other than restoring both and running 'diff'.  Also note that
rdiff-backup uses rdiff diffs, which isn't compatible with 'diff' and
isn't very readable.

  BB> * and the third of the two questions:-) Is there a way of adding
  BB> some description to a version that could be queried with -l (or
  BB> similar option)?  This is similar to what revision control
  BB> systems would do.

No.  If you'd like you can add extra notes in the increments directory
and keep track of them yourself, but there is no rdiff-backup support.

  BB> is it possible to have the mirror copy compressed (gz).  I
  BB> didn't find an option that does this in the man page...

No, by this point the mirror isn't really a mirror.  Besides the
problem Kevin mentioned it might be tricky figuring out if the
original file was already a .gz or just got compressed by
rdiff-backup.

  BB> * what time format is used in -l --parsable-output?
  BB> is this seconds since (Unix/Python) epoch?
  BB> Maybe this could be clarified in the man page?

Yes, seconds since epoch.  Now clarified in man page.


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Ben Escoto

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