[Box Backup] BoxBackup services?

[Chris Wilson]

Hi Felix,

On Sun, 28 May 2006, Felix E. Klee wrote:

> Well, there's a crux that I didn't mention: The files that I want to
> backup are part of an overlay file system.  This means: some files are
> private, others are shared (virtual server infrastructure):
>
>  http://www.escapebox.net/modus.html
>
> Naturally, I only want to backup the private files (ca. 50MB compared to
> 2GB, fluctuating).  The problem is that, due to technical reasons, it's
> not possible to mount all shared files into their own partition.
> There's a little tool, though, called "ismine" that tells one if a file
> is private file or a shared file.
>
> Is it possible to have "boxbackup" use "ismine" to determine whether a
> file should be backed up or not?

Not at the moment, I'm afraid, but it wouldn't be too hard to add such a 
feature to the client. If Ben said he was willing to accept the result 
into the Box trunk, then I'd be willing to try to implement it. No 
promises, though.

Cheers, Chris.
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