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Backup to destination with existing files

Asked by Ivan

Hi,

I already have a backup directory on the target drive, and would like to know if it's possible to make BiT to use that directory, with the existing files, as a backup directory, without having to copy everything from scratch. For example, I already have a Docs folder on /media/external, and a Docs folder on my home. I would like to use the Docs on external as the backup directory for Docs on my home, without erasing what's in Docs on external.

Thank you

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Dan (danleweb) said : 		#1

You have to simulate BIT structure.

If you have BIT 0.9.6 and the original folder is /home/<user>/Docs,
you have to create a fake snaphot /media/external/backintime/20100101-000000/backup/home/<user>/Docs
and configure BIT to use /media/external for snapshots.

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