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paai · 10-25-2018, 03:00 AM

Is it possible that the problem lies in the fact that during the backup, the metadata.db gets backed up too?

I use Luckybackup with rsync on a Linux machine, and in theory the metadata.db in the live directory is always the same age or newer than the file in the backup. So that should work.

Now say, I made a mistake and changed the database in the backup tree. Now this metadata.db is newer and gets copied over the live one. Will it bring the pathnames of the backup with it and overwrite the pathnames in the live database? Thatwould explain a lot.

Paai

10-25-2018, 03:00 AM	#6
paai Member Posts: 12 Karma: 22 Join Date: Mar 2015 Device: kobo Aura	Is it possible that the problem lies in the fact that during the backup, the metadata.db gets backed up too? I use Luckybackup with rsync on a Linux machine, and in theory the metadata.db in the live directory is always the same age or newer than the file in the backup. So that should work. Now say, I made a mistake and changed the database in the backup tree. Now this metadata.db is newer and gets copied over the live one. Will it bring the pathnames of the backup with it and overwrite the pathnames in the live database? Thatwould explain a lot. Paai