[Box Backup] Log files not being backed up

[Chris Wilson]

Hi Bill,

> I've got a pretty big directory I'm trying to back up that contains many 
> large log files that are not rolled frequently. Boxbackup seems to be 
> skipping those files. On one hand, this isn't entirely surprising, as 
> the log files change during the backup process so it probably compares 
> the resulting upload with the original finds that they're different, and 
> discards it as a bad upload. On the other hand, I'd prefer that the 
> files just be uploaded, that it accept the fact that they won't match 
> when it's done, and then simply keep updating the differences 
> periodically; when the log files are eventually rolled, it can upload 
> the last diffs and be done with it.
>
> Is there any way to make the client more tolerant of differences in the 
> uploaded files and leave them on the server (if indeed that's the source 
> of my problem)?

Yes, set MaxUploadWait to something small and the files should be backed 
up after that many seconds, even if they continue to change.

If in doubt, try the latest development sources from chris/merge and set 
LogAllFileAccess = yes, that should tell you exactly why it decided to 
back up (or not) each file.

Cheers, Chris.
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