On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 08:43:57AM +1200, Stuart Inglis wrote: > Is it possible for ext3 to give a list of changed files over time? > Currently we use rsync to back up our server, but it takes > 24 hours to > backup the full file system. > > Ideally I'd like to use the file system to give me a list of files that > have been created/updated and I'll back those up. > > Is this possible? See http://www.inter-mezzo.org/ I don't recommend that you roll this out on your production servers, at least not without extensive testing ... Also, you might want to have a look at rdiff-backup: http://rdiff-backup.stanford.edu/ It has a number of advantages over pure rsync. Regards, - Bill Rugolsky
