Re: File Formats

[Reio Remma]

On 25.03.2021 09:29, reg.rdiff_backup@excel4x.com wrote:
> I just heard about rdiff-backup and I'm planning how to configure it.
>
> The documentation says:
> "Earlier states of your files are saved just by 1) keeping a copy of them,
> 2) in diff form as produced by rdiff, or 3) as a gzipped version of 1 or 2."
>
> I see the --no-compression option to disable compression. However I do not
> see an option to produce copies of older files vs. storing them in rdiff
> format. How is the file format for older files controlled?
>
> Thanks much!


Hello and welcome!

I don't think it matters to you - it should be just a description of how 
rdiff-backup handles file history internally.

--no-compression should disable compression of older files when a newer 
snapshot is created. It's sometimes useful to disable compression 
because gzip is rather CPU hungry and depending on files it can make the 
backup take a long time.

All the best,
Reio