#3605 Issue closed: Incremental backup - find changes between F and I files¶

anno73 opened issue at 2026-05-08 06:20:¶

Requesting support or just a question¶

I simply can't find a good method to find out, what had changed between one incremental backup and another. Any advice please?

Platform¶

Linux x64

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anno73 commented at 2026-05-08 08:02:¶

Been reading through /usr/share/rear/conf/default.conf once more. So I can assume that with tar --newer=YYYY-MM-DD really only changed files are in the I/D tar archives?
My confusion originates from the fact that tar --list --verbose --file ... also lists files with timestamps way older than the date of the rear backup run.

anno73 commented at 2026-05-10 00:03:¶

Never mind. Stupid app changes old backup files for whatever reason.
Changes should be reflected in backup.log:
grep -v -e "file is unchanged; not dumped\$" -e "/\$" backup.log
Filter unchanged files and directories.

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