Re: [Duplicity-talk] Is it safe to modify a file when duplicity is backuping it?

[Michael Terry]

On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Kenneth Loafman <address@hidden> wrote:
> It's all about timing.  If the file is critical, you need to make sure
> it stays in a cohesive state while duplicity backs it up.  If not, then
> the next incremental will detect the changes.

It would be a nice feature to allow the user not to worry about this.
What would be possible solutions?  Check 'modified date' before we
start and after we're done?  If we detect a difference, doing the
whole file over again seems bad.  Maybe just store an immediate
incremental patch?

-mt