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Re: [Question #150909]: reverse diffs

 

Question #150909 on Duplicity changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/duplicity/+question/150909

    Status: Open => Answered

edso proposed the following answer:
On 29.03.2011 23:10, ceg wrote:
> Question #150909 on Duplicity changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/duplicity/+question/150909
> 
>     Status: Answered => Open
> 
> ceg is still having a problem:
>> merge older full/diffs into a new full
> 
> I guess that is only part of what rdiff-backup does (on the remote site).
> I'd like duplicity to keep a current full plus reverse diffs like rdiff-backup (in a chain) where this makes sense (local filesystem, trusted local machine)
> 


could you please elaborate what you mean by 'reverse diff'?

to compare rdiff-backup with duplicity is not possible. the first keeps
usable data in the repository, the second saves encrypted volumes (full
and incr), which have to be restored to be usable again.

ede/duply.net

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