Re: bi monthly based Mail/News backup scheme

2007-12-30 Thread reader
Matt McCutchen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] >> >> The end result would be (after 12 months) new top level directory started >> every 4th month and no overlap where the changeover occurs. >> >> jan-feb-mar-apr/ may-jun-jul-aug/ sep-oct-nov-dec/ > > I think these names are unwieldy. Y

Re: bi monthly based Mail/News backup scheme

2007-12-30 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 12:21 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm looking for a way to accomplish this goal without too much regular > intervention. > > I want to backup.. but no thats not really the word I need here. It > is a backup but also a continuing non-deleting collection of what > comes

bi monthly based Mail/News backup scheme

2007-12-30 Thread reader
I'm looking for a way to accomplish this goal without too much regular intervention. I want to backup.. but no thats not really the word I need here. It is a backup but also a continuing non-deleting collection of what comes on the spools over time. So the backup will never look like or mirror t

Re: How to avoid loosing rsync temp/partial files

2007-12-30 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 12:46 +0200, Shushu Inbar שושו ענבר wrote: > My problem is that when I have proper permissions in the partial dir, > but no permissions in the destination dir, it means that the rsync > deletes the original files, and after failing to copy the files > from /tmp to the destinat

Re: How to avoid loosing rsync temp/partial files

2007-12-30 Thread Shushu Inbar שושו ענבר
I recommend on your last solution (unless other will arise from the mailing list), since I don't think adding more copy actions would be healthy... I will wait for some mailing list feedback before I work on this solution. Regards, Shushu On Dec 30, 2007 1:34 PM, Shani Ben - Avraham <[EMAIL PROT

How to avoid loosing rsync temp/partial files

2007-12-30 Thread Shushu Inbar שושו ענבר
Hallo, I am using rsync to copy remote files into a local directory. I use the following flags: "--remove-sent-files --partial-dir=/tmp --partial --temp-dir=/tmp --backup --suffix=.bak". I need the partial issue since in the final destination I must have only closed and full files. I need to remo