While creating incremental backups is relatively simple (and can be automated, e.g. via rdiff-backup), in order to access a specific state of a file one first has to manually restore the backup, which is both not-simple and tedious if you need to browse through multiple states. So is there a FUSE which allows to transparently access previous states e.g. via some filename@2013-01-23 (the backup made at that date, if existing) or filename@{-2} (two backups ago) syntax while the current and backup files reside on arbitrary filesystems (including remote ones, e.g. nfs backups while the current state is on a local ext3)?
asked Jan 23, 2013 at 9:27
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(I know the suggested syntax yields ambiguities, I assume if a solution already exits, it will have solved this as well)– Tobias KienzlerJan 23, 2013 at 9:29
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Other option would be to use backup solutions where the incremental backups are readily available like using btrfs, zfs, ddsnap, thin-provisionned lvm...– Stéphane ChazelasJan 23, 2013 at 9:55
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@StephaneChazelas True indeed, but converting the filesystem is currently not an option, I'm afraid– Tobias KienzlerJan 23, 2013 at 9:58
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$ apt-cache search rdiff fuse
rdiff-backup-fs - Fuse filesystem for accessing rdiff-backup archives
(untested). http://code.google.com/p/rdiff-backup-fs/
answered Jan 23, 2013 at 9:56
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Looks interesting, thanks. Technically your answers deserves the check mark, though a more exhaustive one may steal it :-P Jan 23, 2013 at 10:45