[rdiff-backup-users] Re: Serious data loss using rdiff-backup

[Alistair Popple]

> I did try the longer instructions too but it would be nice to get test
> case as small as possible, and if it didn't require user interaction.
> 
> Thank you for the quick response response to my late one :)
> 
> 
> -- 
> Ben Escoto
> 
> 

Ben,

I have created a much simpler test case for you to try - see the
attached file (I hope this is OK, it is only a 4K attachment). 
Basically this is what happens:

The source directory structure before backup:

src
|-- test1
|   `-- test1.1
`-- test2
    `-- test1.1

The source directory structure after the attached script has been run:

src
|-- test1
`-- test2 -> /tmp/rdiff-backup-test4/src/test1

As you can see this is quite a problem :)  Have a play with this and
let me know how you get on.  Note that only the files listed in test2
before the creation of the symlink get deleted.

Regards,
Alistair

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