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author | Jim Campbell <jwcampbell@gmail.com> | 2011-06-08 13:19:49 -0400 |
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committer | Jim Campbell <jwcampbell@gmail.com> | 2011-06-08 13:20:32 -0400 |
commit | a958bcfaf7e5e8d0ec214f18a178d43d97a99374 (patch) | |
tree | d2649009cabe27d1a93ffbf47b4c235bb46103e5 /gnome-help/C/backup-check.page | |
parent | 5568fcd8e6a767c369d9000c1225b2e7e2692fce (diff) | |
download | gnome-user-docs-a958bcfaf7e5e8d0ec214f18a178d43d97a99374.tar.gz |
revised backup-check.page and marked file as candidate.
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diff --git a/gnome-help/C/backup-check.page b/gnome-help/C/backup-check.page index bba99433..16b28e7c 100644 --- a/gnome-help/C/backup-check.page +++ b/gnome-help/C/backup-check.page @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ <link type="guide" xref="files#backup"/> <desc>Verify your backup was successful.</desc> <revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2010-04-04" status="final"/> - <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="3.0.1" date="2011-04-06" status="outdated"/> + <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="3.0.1" date="2011-06-08" status="candidate"/> <credit type="author"> <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name> <email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email> @@ -15,26 +15,23 @@ </info> <title>Check your backup</title> - <p> - After you have backed up your files, you should make sure that the backup was successful. - </p> - <p> - A file integrity check is not done on a copy/move operation. This means if you are copying files to other drives/media, -it is not easy to verify data integrity or to single out files that have failed. - </p> - <p> - You can do a check by looking through the copied files and directories in the destination media. By opening -and checking the copied files, you can see whether the files you check copied successfully. - </p> + + <p>After you have backed up your files, you should make sure that the +backup was successful.</p> + + <p>When you use the file manager to copy or move files, the +computer checks to make sure that all of the data transferred correctly. +However, if you are transferring data that is very important to you, +you may want to perform additional checks to confirm that your +data has been transferred properly.</p> + + <p>You can do an extra check by looking through the copied files +and directories in the destination media. By checking for the files and folders +that you transferred, you can have extra confidence that the process was +successful.</p> - <note style="tip"><p>If you find that you do regular backups of large amounts of data, you may find it easier to + <note style="tip"><p>If you find that you do regular backups of large amounts of data, you may find it easier to use a dedicated backup program, such as <app>Déjà Dup</app>. Such a program is more powerful and more reliable than just copying and pasting data.</p></note> - - <comment> - <cite date="2010-06-29" href="mailto:gnome-doc-list@gnome.org">GNOME Documentation Project</cite> - <p>Explain why backups should be tested.</p> - <p>Give methods for checking backups, like MD5sum.</p> - </comment> </page> |