Re: [Duplicity-talk] List versions of a file

[edgar . soldin]

On 21.09.2012 10:32, GDR! wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> First of all - I love using duplicity, thanks for creating it.
> 
> I happen to be restoring hacked VPSes from time to time. It would be
> very useful to have a tool which checks at which backups a particular
> file has changed. I know it has been discussed here before.
> 
> I really need it, though, so I'd like to implement it as a command in
> Duplicity. I guess that the easiest way would be to brute force it like
> in the following pseudocode:
> 
> for chain in all_backup_chains:
>     for sets in chain:
>         path_iter = get_combined_path_iter(date)
>         for path in path_iter:
>             if path.get_relative_path == myfile:
>                 print path.getmtime()
> 
> It would be very intensive, though. Do you think there is a way to
> somehow fetch this information from metadata, without iterating through
> all files in every set?
> 
> Also, would you accept a patch implementing a new command if I
> implemented it, or do you think it's too specific to be included in
> mainline?
> 
> 

hi,

have a look how list-current-files files works. 

afaik there are two ways to receive these informations via A) manifest (fast) 
or B) reading the volumes (slow).

@Mike & Ken: any input?

..ede