Re: apt-proxy backup question

[Chris Halls <halls@debian.org>]

Hi Richard,

On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 06:24:09PM +1300, Richard Hector wrote:
> Is /var/cache/apt-proxy self contained? If I back up that directory,
> together with /etc/apt-proxy, can I then just reinstall apt-proxy
> and unpack those 2 to be back where I was? Or are there some indexes
> or something hidden away?

Backing up those two directories is all you need.  There are some indexes in
'hidden' directories, but those are under /var/cache/apt-proxy/<backend>.
So backing up those two trees should be all you need.

One thing to note: apt-proxy uses the last access time (atime) of the files
to determine when they should be cleaned up.  If your backup/restore does
not save those (e.g. tar does not, star can save them), you may find that
some files stay around for longer than you expect.  This is probably only a
concern if your disk space is limited.

I'll add this information to the FAQ in the package.

Chris