Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:36:20 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Bernard Dugas <bernard@dugas-family.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Extracting changed files list from snapshot Message-ID: <44k59zg8mz.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <4947B8AB.7000304@dugas-family.org> (Bernard Dugas's message of "Tue\, 16 Dec 2008 15\:18\:19 %2B0100") References: <4947B8AB.7000304@dugas-family.org>
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Bernard Dugas <bernard@dugas-family.org> writes: > I want to extract the list of files changed between 2 snapshots, to be > able to do efficient backups. > > Any idea where to find a document about snapshots internal structure ? > > Or if you know any port that already do this :-? An easier way would be to generate an mtree(1) description for each snapshot, and using that to compare against other snapshots. You have to mount the snapshot for that, though... -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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