This is perhaps more a matter of which rsync wrapper you choose, than rsync itself. rsync provides just enough functionality to enable this kind of behavior, if your wrapper feeds it the right directories to work on.
I used to use my Backup.rsync wrapper to get good resumption of interrupted backups. It will always do a backup relative to the most recent complete save, starting from the most recent incomplete save (if any): http://stromberg.dnsalias.org/~strombrg/Backup.remote.html These days, I pretty much just use my backshift program though - it's inspired by rsync, and will do any saves relative to at most 3 previous backups: 1) The most recent backup 2) The most recent completed backup 3) The backup with the most files in it. http://stromberg.dnsalias.org/~strombrg/backshift/ HTH On 12/28/11, ~D <schoapp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I like to use rsync for backup from Desktop to my nas server. > > - I can setup an cron job at the server, so rsync starts on the server > side to backup from my desktop to the server. But what if I shutdown my > Desktop? Can rsync handle interruptions in a good way or is there a > better solution? > > Thanks in advance, > Dirk > -- > Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. > To unsubscribe or change options: > https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
