[Borgbackup] first backup of large amounts

[Boris Kirkorowicz]

Hi,

Am 10.02.23 um 09:50 schrieb Thorsten Schöning:
> This isn't as easy as it sounds, because files might simply not have
> been transferred fully at all. But you might have a look at what is
> available so far:
> 
>> Note: the checkpointing mechanism creates hidden, partial files in
>> an archive, so that checkpoints even work while a big file is being
>> processed. They are named <filename>.borg_part_<N> and all
>> operations usually ignore these files, but you can make them
>> considered by giving the option --consider-part-files. You usually
>> only need that option if you are really desperate (e.g. if you have
>> no completed backup of that file and you’ld rather get a partial
>> file extracted than nothing). You do not want to give that option
>> under any normal circumstances.
> 
> https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/faq.html#if-a-backup-stops-mid-way-does-the-already-backed-up-data-stay-there

since I am not desperate, just curious, I wonder if this would change 
anything in my repos. Does it harm or destroy anything?



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