[Borgbackup] (too) many modified files

[Boris Kirkorowicz]

Hi,

Am 20.06.23 um 17:22 schrieb 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`.

isn't it the same with ctime? AFAICS e.g. chmod changes ctime, even if 
there are no changes, or chown.


-- 
Mit freundlichem Gruß                                 Best regards
                                  Kirkorowicz