Bug#509335: flag to rsync raw device files

2012-05-04 Thread Oleg Kostyuk
Package: rsync Version: 3.0.9-1 Followup-For: Bug #509335 I applied rw-devices patch (see http://goo.gl/1zvvg for more info about it) agains latest stable sources from v3.0.9 - you can find diff here: https://github.com/cub-uanic/rsync/commit/32ac2208be7722d2e565dbdeff1a3af81c4b58d3 (http://

Bug#509335: flag to rsync raw device files

2008-12-21 Thread Tim Connors
Package: rsync Version: 3.0.4-3 Severity: normal It would be nice if rsync had a flag to rsync to and/or from raw devices (as it just rsyncs the device file otherwise, with --devices). It would imply --inplace if the destination was a raw device file. This would make backups of medium sized files