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Re: [Question #248111]: Duplicity Adds the same file again after full backup

 

Question #248111 on Duplicity changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/duplicity/+question/248111

edso proposed the following answer:
On 07.05.2014 11:21, edso wrote:
> Question #248111 on Duplicity changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/duplicity/+question/248111
> 
> edso proposed the following answer:
> On 07.05.2014 11:06, Rodrigo Alvarez wrote:
>> Question #248111 on Duplicity changed:
>> https://answers.launchpad.net/duplicity/+question/248111
>>
>> Rodrigo Alvarez posted a new comment:
>> Hi Edso,  Thanks for the follow up.
>>
>> I looked at the commutative file size of all the duplicity-inc* volumes
>> from my second pass and `du -hs` reports 177GB;  Not what we'd expect
>> from rdiff/librsync rolling checksums.    I've upgraded to duplicity
>> 0.63, cleared all volumes, caches and temp files and launched a new
>> backup set.    I'll report back in a couple of days to see if this fixes
>> the "Comparing to None" issue.
>>
> 
> hmm, usually the changed size is reflected in the incr bkp size. but in
> your case it also stated lot's of new files, so your finding seems
> consequential.
> 
> TIP:
> do a verify between the runs! it'll inform you if it thinks there were changes.
> 

ok, just had another look at my duplicity stats. i confused ChangedFileSize with RawDeltaSize 
it's pretty self explanatory, but i add some hints anyway
Delta's are modified existing block chunks. if there were only chunks added to a file you'll get no Delta's.

--------------[ Backup Statistics ]--------------
StartTime 1399424418.52 (Wed May  7 03:00:18 2014)
EndTime 1399424651.44 (Wed May  7 03:04:11 2014)
ElapsedTime 232.92 (3 minutes 52.92 seconds)
SourceFiles 113455
SourceFileSize 4560812785 (4.25 GB)
NewFiles 281
NewFileSize 9192719 (8.77 MB)
DeletedFiles 8
ChangedFiles 81
ChangedFileSize 46077585 (43.9 MB)
ChangedDeltaSize 0 (0 bytes) 
^-- no changes in the changed files only additions
DeltaEntries 370 
^-- count of chunks changed in total
RawDeltaSize 9569326 (9.13 MB) 
^-- amount of bytes to backup in total
TotalDestinationSizeChange 6696412 (6.39 MB) 
^-- not sure why it's less here, compression?
Errors 7 
^-- i had some errors ;) there are some files inaccessible due to permissions in my backup which i don't care about
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