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Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine

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On 2015-04-14 01:40:24 +0000, Barry Margolin said:

> In article <0fc6209d-5205-48f4-888b-a51bd0f91537@googlegroups.com>,
>  Király <ggrandish@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Monday, April 13, 2015 at 2:34:12 PM UTC-7, Lewis wrote:
>>> No, because of the way Time Machine does backups (hard links) Each
>>> backup starts with the entirety of the previous backup, then the files
>>> that are different/changed get added.
>> 
>> Absolutely false. Each Time Machine backup starts with the entirety *of the
>> volume it is backing up*, not with the entirety of the previous backup.
> 
> Right. It uses hard links to merge identical files between the current
> and previous backups.
> 
>> 
>>> As I said, I did test this specific test several years ago. Maybe I did
>>> it wrong?
>> 
>> You must have, because Time Machine does not and has never worked the way
>> you describe. And yes, I know this based on my having tested it myself. You
>> need to test it again yourself if you really believe that it works the way
>> you say it works.
>> 
>>> If you CHANGE a file, then the changes for that file will eventually
>>> decay to only keeping weekly snapshots of the changes.
>> 
>> Yes, and that's no different from adding a new file.
> 
> I just tested it myself. I deleted a file that had been around for a
> couple of weeks, and did "Back Up Now". I then went into Time Machine,
> selected the latest backup, and looked for the file. It wasn't there.

You looked at the latest backup...

...but did you look at any others?

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What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2015-04-10 11:14 -0400
  Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-04-10 12:09 -0400
  Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2015-04-10 12:09 -0400
    Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2015-04-10 12:23 -0400
      Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2015-04-10 13:00 -0400
  Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-10 12:23 -0400
  Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-04-10 09:47 -0700
    Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-04-11 02:38 +0100
      Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-04-10 22:06 -0400
        Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-04-13 00:40 +0100
      Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-11 11:45 +0000
        Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-04-12 03:20 +0000
          Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-12 05:00 +0000
            Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-04-12 15:14 +0000
              Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-12 16:00 +0000
                Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-04-12 16:19 +0000
                Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-04-13 00:43 +0100
                Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-13 13:56 +0000
                Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-04-13 10:10 -0400
                Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-13 21:33 +0000
                Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine Király <ggrandish@gmail.com> - 2015-04-13 15:18 -0700
                Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-04-13 21:40 -0400
                Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-04-13 18:49 -0700
                Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-04-14 01:56 +0000
                Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-04-14 00:31 -0700
                Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-14 02:43 +0000
                Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-04-14 02:02 -0400
                Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-04-14 06:19 +0000
                Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-14 02:42 +0000
                Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-04-14 05:28 +0000
                Re: What happens if I interrupt Cleaning Up part of time machine dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-04-19 16:55 +1200

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