Okay if you have a look at the increments directory inside rdiff-backup-data you will find a .diff file which contains the difference between the two versions created by the rsync algorithm rdiff-backup uses to keep the most minimal amount of data. Am 20.02.2014 23:56 schrieb "sunfun" <[email protected]>:
> Just spent an hour unsuccessfully testing rdiff-backup with an obvious and > EXTREMELY simple task... > > Create a text file. Save it. Run rdiff-backup. Modify the text file. Save > it. Run rdiff-backup. Look at the two versions with a text editor. > > > > I used the --no-compression argument, but can't seem to find a way to > avoid the the restoration process of the .diff version files, and just keep > the versioned text files as text files! > > Am i missing somenthing, or do i have to go through a restore process to > to even take a peek at the text in two versions of a text file? > > > > many thanks for all the work put in on the rdiff-backup project! > Jeff > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index. > php/RdiffBackupWiki >
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