[Borgbackup] (too) many modified files

[Alexander Kiselyov]

On Tue, 2023-06-20 at 12:31 +0200, Boris Kirkorowicz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Am 17.06.23 um 18:35 schrieb Thomas Waldmann:
> > > If so, --files-cache=mtime,size should to the job?
> > 
> > Yes.
> 
> tried it, and met the target: duration is now less than half an hour.
> 
> 
> > That doesn't solve the problem of your weird ctime of course, but
> > stops
> > using it. Using mtime is a bit less safe, as weird applications can
> > set
> > it to arbitrary values.
> 
> I expected that mtime is set by the file system →?
> 
> 

It can be easily manipulated by a userspace program, e.g. via `touch`.

Regards,
Alexander.