I use tar --listed-incremental=...to perform incremental backups on my computer, and for the most part it works like a charm. However, it does not seem to work very well with the old FAT partition. He thinks all the files have changed and everything is in order. I read somewhere that incremental tar backups rely on inodes, and therefore this works poorly with FAT. Is there a way to fake it or make it just use the name and date of change instead of inode?
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