[leafnode-list] Re: Backup copy of the spool

[Matthias Andree]

Enrico C schrieb:
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> 
> On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Matthias Andree
> <ma at dt.e-technik.tu-dortmund.de <mailto:ma at dt.e-technik.tu-dortmund.de>>
> wrote:
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> [...]
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>     THe underlying problem is that leafnode hashes the Message-IDs, and
>     unfortunately, the whole path becomes part of that, but I cannot fix
>     that in leafnode-1 for compatibility reasons. :-/
> 
> 
> For instance, could I restore to the same path /var/spool/news BUT on a
> different computer?
> With leafnode-2?

That will work, also with leafnode-1, providing that

    1. the pathname is the same on both computers

    2. hard links are transferred as hard links
       (as opposed to new copies of the files).

HTH