Re: [cobalt-developers] The trouble with trib^H^H^H^HIncremental backups

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

BSmith@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Wow, that is exactly what that script does ... see, maybe you stole the
> idea from me ... thinking it only did 1 full backup, even though on
> Sunday, it says "FULL BACKUP" ...
> 
> Things that make you go hmmmm..

I guess I've to stop writing replies late at night after a full day of
work <smile>.

That said, this is a backup strategy I've been using since at least the
late 80s, early 90s, and similar to the strategy we used at a major
mortgage bank in the 90s, except there we saved a week's worth of
dailies, a month's worth of Sundays, and a year worth of monthlies.

Thinking about it, if memory serves, it's similar to what we saved
punch-paper tape for at the NCR Data Center in Jamaica NY in the 60s,
except then it was still called "National Cash Register" <smile>.

Jeff
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