Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Restoring to an archive, i.e. making a snapshot

[Patrick Nagel]

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Hi,

David Sickmiller wrote on 2008-06-07:
| I'm using rdiff-backup to run a nightly backup across the Internet from
| a production server to a backup server.  I'd like to be able to produce
| monthly snapshots and save them on removable media.  It'd really be
| great if I could make these snapshots on the backup server, generate
| them from past revisions, and keep all the meta data.
|
| I think I can generate an archive of the current mirror just by making a
| tar file of it, although I'm not sure if that preserves the meta data.
| I know it's possible to restore an old revision from rdiff-backup to a
| regular filesystem, but I don't believe one can "restore" into a file.
| (It's possible to use FUSE to mount a tar file, but the file ownership
| and permissions don't work.)  I've been searching online but haven't
| found much to fit this need.  I find this a bit surprising... am I
| mistaken to think I want this functionality?

I'm looking for the exact same thing - did you get any useful response? Or did
you come up with an idea?

Thanks,
Patrick.

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