jotta-cli keeps re-checksumming all the files

PacAnimal commented 5 years ago

Make sure you are running the latest version of jotta-cli before reporting an issue.

jotta-cli release (`jotta-cli version`):

jottad executable : /usr/bin/jottad jottad appdata : /mnt/jotta jottad version : 0.5.14545 jotta-cli version : 0.5.14545

Description of problem: After saying "Up to date!" for any given path, it re-checksums all the files an hour later, on the next scan. It doesn't upload them, but they're checksummed, which puts a strain on our file server.

Expected: Jottad should be happy when the timestamp and size of a given file matches what's reported by "stat" on the machine jottad is running on.

jotta-cli status (jotta-cli status): I unfortunately can't share this, as it's a business account with company data on it. The status goes from "Up to date!" to "Scanning" to "Transferring ". Then it re-checksums and runs "allocate" on everything.

Relevant logs for the issue (cat ~/.jottad/jottabackup.log) See above. I can send you a private email if you need more.

Additional info: I dug around in the "db" file and compared timestamps and sizes with the output of "stat". They match, at least for the 10 or so files I checked. Is there anything else I can check?

How does jottad figure out whether or not it needs to checksum a given file?

Kimbsen commented 5 years ago

It should be doing exactly what you expect. In that it checks the file size and modified timestamp on scan, and only checksums if they have changed.

Could you send an email to support@jotta.no and we can continue the discussion there?

PacAnimal commented 5 years ago

Done :)

Kimbsen commented 5 years ago

Just released 0.5.15025 which should fix the problem causing the redundant checksumming of files.

PacAnimal commented 5 years ago

I can confirm this fixed the issue for me. Thanks :) :+1:

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