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@@ -2767,10 +2767,14 @@ class Archiver:
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In the archive name, you may use the following placeholders:
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{now}, {utcnow}, {fqdn}, {hostname}, {user} and some others.
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- To speed up pulling backups over sshfs and similar network file systems which do
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- not provide correct inode information the ``--ignore-inode`` flag can be used. This
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- potentially decreases reliability of change detection, while avoiding always reading
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- all files on these file systems.
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+ Backup speed is increased by not reprocessing files that are already part of
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+ existing archives and weren't modified. Normally, detecting file modifications
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+ will take inode information into consideration. This is problematic for files
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+ located on sshfs and similar network file systems which do not provide stable
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+ inode numbers, such files will always be considered modified. The
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+ ``--ignore-inode`` flag can be used to prevent this and improve performance.
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+ This flag will reduce reliability of change detection however, with files
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+ considered unmodified as long as their size and modification time are unchanged.
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The mount points of filesystems or filesystem snapshots should be the same for every
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creation of a new archive to ensure fast operation. This is because the file cache that
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