rsync+hardlinks custom backup script importer

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by locating the Python importer entry point and comparing its existing backup formats with the described directory layout. Use the BACKUP_TIMESTAMP files and the numbered snapshot directories as the input cases. Done means backups in this rsync-style layout can be imported into a borg repository with their timestamps preserved.

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importer

This is somehow similar to rsnapshot, just the directory layout is different:

<backup_set>/<snapshot_id>/...
e.g.:
server1/0/...
server1/1/...
server1/2/...
server1/3/...
server2/0/...
server2/1/...
...

In the directories 0..N, there is a file BACKUP_TIMESTAMP that contains date tool output.

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