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Backagain with a Travan tape drive has rescued me from major problems 4 or 5 times over the last 10 or so years, but I've always been somewhat haphazard about the way I used it. A recent failure combined with much more data to archive is prompting me to be more disciplined. Following suggestions in the Backagain/2000 Pro manual I'm using a full backup at a fairly long interval (maybe monthly) with differential backups much more frequently (few days or sooner). The more frequent differential backups should be quicker and not require as much room on the tape because only files with unset archive bits should be written to the tape--at least that's how I read the manual. But what I'm finding is that differential backups take just as long as full backups and use just as much tape. I've verified that the full backup does set the archive bit as it's supposed to, but the differential backup doesn't seem to look at it.
In case it matters, using 4OS2 command processor.
Thanks,
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