On Mon, 14 May 2007 17:43:31 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > "Deboo ^" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Though I have never tried rsync, I can tell what I use and it is very >> simple and straightforward. I use a simple shell script to backup the >> files in my home dir to the windows partition as well as mirror it to >> a remote ftp server using lftp. > > You will loose permissions on the files if you copy them to a windows > partition. You should use tar or backup to a proper filesystem.
rdiff-backup has an alternative means for storing metadata in case you have a file system that doesn't allow Linux metadata (or have a non-root user ID on the backup machine so you can't store metadata as normal Linux metadata). > Regards, > Andrei -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
