[Borgbackup] borg adds same files every time
Thomas Waldmann
tw at waldmann-edv.de
Sat Feb 6 08:41:18 EST 2021
>> For change detection, borg does NOT use the atime (but ctime [default
>> in borg 1.1+] or mtime [if you tell so]).
>
> You're right, I forgot that the atime option has been removed from
> newest version of borg.
That's yet another unrelated thing. The change detection is unrelated to
what borg writes into an archive (by default).
> This means that adding a new file solved the
> situation:
> https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/faq.html#i-am-seeing-a-added-status-for-an-unchanged-file
>
> "If you want to avoid unnecessary chunking, just create or touch a small
> or empty file in your backup source file set [...]"
Yup, that's it!
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