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Article #12018Re: Retrospect Question
From: Brian Hughes
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:44
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:44
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geoffb@coos.dartmouth.edu (Thumper) writes:
>In <728024516.AA00000@blkcat.UUCP>Ladd.Morse@p804.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org
(Ladd Morse) writes:
>>Any idea if one can do an initial comprehensive backup to tape, then do
>>incremental backups to floppy?
>You couldn't do it with the same archive. Retrospect ties each one to a
>specific media type. But you could have a backup archive on DAT that
>automatically resets and does a comprehensive backup each time you use it
>and have an incremental archive on disk at home that is based on
>modification dates.
>Not perfect but functional.
Actually, you could make this a bit more functional by telling the
incremental backup script to check the Modification Date against the
Backup Date (set by Retrospect and most backup utilities whenever they
back something up). This will give you a little better control than just
using the Modification Date.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pageworks.com!world!eff!news.byu.edu!gatech!rpi!bu.edu!dartvax!coos.dartmouth.edu!hades From: hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Brian Hughes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Retrospect Question Message-ID: <C1Gu9I.9LK@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Date: 26 Jan 93 14:44:06 GMT References: <728024516.AA00000@blkcat.UUCP> <C1Gr99.6Iw@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Sender: news@dartvax.dartmouth.edu (The News Manager) Reply-To: hades@Dartmouth.Edu Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 23 Disclaimer: Personally, I really don't care who you think I speak for. Moderator: Rec.Arts.Comics.Info