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Re: Is --snaptime relative to cwd or most recent -C argument?

To: "Ryan T. Dean" <rtdean@cytherianage.net>, tarsnap-users@tarsnap.com
Subject: Re: Is --snaptime relative to cwd or most recent -C argument?
From: Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 00:17:38 -0800
In-reply-to: <54B87DF4.7030801@cytherianage.net>
References: <54B87DF4.7030801@cytherianage.net>

On 01/15/15 18:56, Ryan T. Dean wrote:
>     I'm wondering if the --snaptime argument is relative to your program
> execution CWD, or if the -C arguments affect --snaptime.

The argument to --snaptime is evaluated relative to the initial cwd.  Tarsnap
looks at that file before it looks at the files you're asking it to archive.

-- 
Colin Percival
Security Officer Emeritus, FreeBSD | The power to serve
Founder, Tarsnap | www.tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid

References:
- Is --snaptime relative to cwd or most recent -C argument?
  - From: "Ryan T. Dean" <rtdean@cytherianage.net>

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