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@@ -463,11 +463,11 @@ or not). For each item, it prefixes a single-letter flag that indicates type
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and/or status of the item.
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If you are interested only in a subset of that output, you can give e.g.
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-`--filter=AME` and it will only show regular files with A, M or E status (see
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+``--filter=AME`` and it will only show regular files with A, M or E status (see
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below).
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A uppercase character represents the status of a regular file relative to the
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-"files" cache (not relative to the repo - this is an issue if the files cache
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+"files" cache (not relative to the repo -- this is an issue if the files cache
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is not used). Metadata is stored in any case and for 'A' and 'M' also new data
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chunks are stored. For 'U' all data chunks refer to already existing chunks.
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@@ -519,10 +519,11 @@ In the worst case (all files are big and were touched in between backups), this
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will store all content into the repository again.
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Usually, it is not that bad though:
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+
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- usually most files are not touched, so it will just re-use the old chunks
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-it already has in the repo
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+ it already has in the repo
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- files smaller than the (both old and new) minimum chunksize result in only
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-one chunk anyway, so the resulting chunks are same and deduplication will apply
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+ one chunk anyway, so the resulting chunks are same and deduplication will apply
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If you switch chunker params to save resources for an existing repo that
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already has some backup archives, you will see an increasing effect over time,
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@@ -556,7 +557,7 @@ You need to be careful with what you give as filename when using ``--read-specia
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e.g. if you give ``/dev/zero``, your backup will never terminate.
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The given files' metadata is saved as it would be saved without
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-``--read-special`` (e.g. its name, its size [might be 0], its mode, etc.) - but
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+``--read-special`` (e.g. its name, its size [might be 0], its mode, etc.) -- but
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additionally, also the content read from it will be saved for it.
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Restoring such files' content is currently only supported one at a time via
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Robin Schneider