Seeing what is in a diff backup

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chaycock@knology.net
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So I have a full backup and then several diffs. Is there a way for me to look at what was backed up in the diff files so I can determine what is causing them to be so large. I took a diff the day after the full and it was fairly large and I would like to see what is in it taking up the space.

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Carlton

Thu, 10/15/2015 - 13:28
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There are probably numerous ways to do this but I usually just mount the large differential in question and do a search for all the files created or modified that day that are over a certain size. The modify option might not be the best option unless you know that the file was previously much smaller.

You could also mount the tib in question and mount the previous day and then do a compare.

Thu, 10/15/2015 - 17:26