A new or changed symlink goes through recordNonRegularFile in the scanner and is never opened. README.md, ARCHITECTURE.md and docs/DATAMODEL.md now say so where they describe what a backup reads, and README.md no longer lists a changed link target as a reason to read a file. Model: fable-5-1
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- Its modification time has changed.
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- Its mode has changed.
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- Its owner or group has changed.
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- Its link target has changed.
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- No uploaded blob holds one of its chunks. This happens when the only snapshot
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that used the blob holding that chunk is removed.
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Every other file is recorded in the new snapshot without being read.
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Every other file is recorded in the new snapshot without being read. A symlink
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has no content to read, so it is only recorded.
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Flags:
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@@ -730,8 +730,8 @@ Deletes the local index file. The destination is not changed.
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It needs a config file that loads, because the config gives the path of the
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index.
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The next backup then reads every file again. It skips the upload of a blob that
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the destination already holds under the same name.
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The next backup then reads every regular file again. It skips the upload of a
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blob that the destination already holds under the same name.
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Use this command after you point the config at a different destination. See
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[Changing the destination](#changing-the-destination).
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