X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fsnapshot.texi;fp=doc%2Fsnapshot.texi;h=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hb=5c46f61cabb7912f25347b9300d1d585d7a635cb;hp=33664025a6907932dec2fe6e019e11827fb9bd34;hpb=138fc7e67e3d9845cd7d81aad0e9c7724784f9b9;p=debian%2Ftar diff --git a/doc/snapshot.texi b/doc/snapshot.texi deleted file mode 100644 index 33664025..00000000 --- a/doc/snapshot.texi +++ /dev/null @@ -1,141 +0,0 @@ -@c This is part of the paxutils manual. -@c Copyright (C) 2005, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -@c Written by Sergey Poznyakoff -@c This file is distributed under GFDL 1.1 or any later version -@c published by the Free Software Foundation. - - A @dfn{snapshot file} (or @dfn{directory file}) is created during -incremental backups (@pxref{Incremental Dumps}). It -contains the status of the file system at the time of the dump and is -used to determine which files were modified since the last backup. - - @GNUTAR{} version @value{VERSION} supports three snapshot file -formats. The first format, called @dfn{format 0}, is the one used by -@GNUTAR{} versions up to 1.15.1. The second format, called @dfn{format -1} is an extended version of this format, that contains more metadata -and allows for further extensions. It was used by version -1.15.1. Starting from version 1.16 and up to @value{VERSION}, the -@dfn{format 2} is used. - - @GNUTAR{} is able to read all three formats, but will create -snapshots only in format 2. - - This appendix describes all three formats in detail. - -@enumerate 0 -@cindex format 0, snapshot file -@cindex snapshot file, format 0 -@item - @samp{Format 0} snapshot file begins with a line containing a -decimal number that represents a @acronym{UNIX} timestamp of the -beginning of the last archivation. This line is followed by directory -metadata descriptions, one per line. Each description has the -following format: - -@smallexample -@var{nfs}@var{dev} @var{inode} @var{name} -@end smallexample - -@noindent -where: - -@table @var -@item nfs -A single plus character (@samp{+}), if this directory is located on -an @acronym{NFS}-mounted partition, or a single space otherwise; - -@item dev -Device number of the directory; - -@item inode -I-node number of the directory; - -@item name -Name of the directory. Any special characters (white-space, -backslashes, etc.) are quoted. -@end table - -@cindex format 1, snapshot file -@cindex snapshot file, format 1 -@item - @samp{Format 1} snapshot file begins with a line specifying the -format of the file. This line has the following structure: - -@smallexample -@samp{GNU tar-}@var{tar-version}@samp{-}@var{incr-format-version} -@end smallexample - -@noindent -where @var{tar-version} is the version number of @GNUTAR{} -implementation that created this snapshot, and -@var{incr-format-version} is the version number of the snapshot format -(in this case @samp{1}). - - Next line contains two decimal numbers, representing the -time of the last backup. First number is the number of seconds, the -second one is the number of nanoseconds, since the beginning of the -epoch. - - Lines that follow contain directory metadata, one line per -directory. Each line is formatted as follows: - -@smallexample -[@var{nfs}]@var{mtime-sec} @var{mtime-nsec} @var{dev} @var{inode} @var{name} -@end smallexample - -@noindent -where @var{mtime-sec} and @var{mtime-nsec} represent last -modification time of this directory with nanosecond precision; -@var{nfs}, @var{dev}, @var{inode} and @var{name} have the same meaning -as with @samp{format 0}. - -@cindex format 2, snapshot file -@cindex snapshot file, format 2 -@item -@FIXME{} - A snapshot file begins with a format identifier, as described for -version 1, e.g.: - -@smallexample -GNU tar-@value{VERSION}-2 -@end smallexample - - This line is followed by newline. Rest of file consists of -records, separated by null (@acronym{ASCII} 0) -characters. Thus, in contrast to the previous formats, format 2 -snapshot is a binary file. - - First two records are decimal numbers, representing the -time of the last backup. First number is the number of seconds, the -second one is the number of nanoseconds, since the beginning of the -epoch. These are followed by arbitrary number of directory records. - - Each @dfn{directory record} contains a set of metadata describing a -particular directory. Parts of a directory record are delimited with -@acronym{ASCII} 0 characters. The following table describes each -part. The @dfn{Number} type in this table stands for a decimal number -in @acronym{ASCII} notation. - -@multitable @columnfractions 0.2 0.2 0.6 -@headitem Field @tab Type @tab Description -@item nfs @tab Character @tab @samp{1} if the directory is located on -an @acronym{NFS}-mounted partition, or @samp{0} otherwise; -@item mtime-sec @tab Number @tab Modification time, seconds; -@item mtime-nano @tab Number @tab Modification time, nanoseconds; -@item dev-no @tab Number @tab Device number; -@item i-no @tab Number @tab I-node number; -@item name @tab String @tab Directory name; In contrast to the -previous versions it is not quoted. -@item contents @tab Dumpdir @tab Contents of the directory; -@xref{Dumpdir}, for a description of its format. -@item -@end multitable - - Dumpdirs stored in snapshot files contain only records of types -@samp{Y}, @samp{N} and @samp{D}. - -@end enumerate - -@c End of snapshot.texi - -