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Merge pull request #165 from brodul/docs 

Fix documentation 'snapshot' to 'checkpoint'
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Jonas Borgström 2015-01-03 23:14:13 +01:00
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@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ When backing up to remote servers, is data encrypted before leaving the local ma
Yes, everything is encrypted before leaving the local machine.
If a backup stops mid-way, does the already-backed-up data stay there? I.e. does Attic resume backups?
Yes, during a backup a special checkpoint archive named ``<archive-name>.snapshot`` is saved every 5 minutes
Yes, during a backup a special checkpoint archive named ``<archive-name>.checkpoint`` is saved every 5 minutes
containing all the data backed-up until that point. This means that at most 5 minutes worth of data needs to be
retransmitted if a backup needs to be restarted.