digint / digint/btrbk

Periodical non-incremental backups for "raw" targets

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Perl
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Description

As the man page states, incremental "raw" backups may be unreliable and can break when restoring. Implement some kind of: "hey, it's past first day of month, and last full backup is older than xy days, trigger full backup!".

As a workaround, you can run `btrbk --override=incremental=no run` periodically.

refs: #132

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Research direction

Read the man page section on raw backups and issue #132 first, then trace the btrbk command path used by `btrbk --override=incremental=no run`. Define how the monthly age check and full-backup trigger should work, including the missing threshold policy, and verify that raw targets periodically receive a non-incremental backup.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
linux, perl
Domain
cli, operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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