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Re: Soft link confusion

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Thank you all for the help. Edwardo's mnemonic is a great help. So is 
the rest of the information. As to the BackupPC configuration change. 
While it is possible to redirect the backup in the config file, it is 
specifically not recommended. Not sure why.

Thanks again.

Gary R.

On 8/29/21 5:34 PM, David Christensen wrote:
> On 8/29/21 4:59 PM, Gary L. Roach wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I don't have occasion to use links very often and tend to get 
>> confused as to which direction the link is pointing. Specifically, I 
>> am trying to redirect backuppc files from the normal 
>> /var/lib/backuppc directory to another disk mounted at /media/Backup, 
>> a 1TB disk that is not being used. I wrote "ln -s /var/lib/backuppc  
>> /media/Backup". This produced "backuppc -> /var/lib/backuppc" on the 
>> 1TB disk. The problem is that I now have duplicate files in both 
>> places. Specifically the cpool, log, pc, and pool directories appear 
>> on both drives. This is obviously not what I want. I need the pool 
>> files on the Backup disk and not on my system disk. What have I done 
>> wrong.
>>
>> Sincerely appreciated any help.
>>
>> Gary R
>
>
> Rather than trying to symlink the backup repository directory out from 
> underneath backuppc (which could lead to confusion and disaster in the 
> future when you have forgotten about the symlink), can you change a 
> backuppc configuration setting so that the backups are put where you 
> want them?
>
>
> David
>

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Soft link confusion "Gary L. Roach" <garyroach719@gmail.com> - 2021-08-30 02:00 +0200
  Re: Soft link confusion Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-30 02:20 +0200
    Re: Soft link confusion Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> - 2021-08-30 15:20 +0200
      Re: Soft link confusion Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2021-08-30 15:40 +0200
  Re: Soft link confusion David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-08-30 02:40 +0200
    Re: Soft link confusion "Gary L. Roach" <garyroach719@gmail.com> - 2021-08-30 16:50 +0200
      Re: Soft link confusion Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-08-31 12:20 +0200

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