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Re: Recursion limits

To: Bob <lion@mtnlion.com>, tarsnap-users@tarsnap.com
Subject: Re: Recursion limits
From: Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 15:16:12 -0700
In-reply-to: <55621603.8000208@mtnlion.com>
References: <55621603.8000208@mtnlion.com>

On 05/24/15 11:18, Bob wrote:
> I recently attempted a restore and discovered that my backup didn't go down
> the full directory tree for a couple of items. Is there a limit to the depth
> tarsnap will recurse?

Not one you should run into.  The only limits I'm aware of are the inevitable
ones (e.g., "paths must fit into RAM").

Can you reproduce the scenario with `tarsnap -c -v --dry-run` (which should
list the objects which would be archived but not actually create an archive)?

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

Follow-Ups:
- Re: Recursion limits
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  - From: Bob Eager <rde@tavi.co.uk>

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- Recursion limits
  - From: Bob <lion@mtnlion.com>

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