--delete flag not working on cygwin rsync

2009-08-04 Thread Sharad K
Hi What I am doing is backing up my music folder, the source and dest both being on the same Win XP Machine. I am running rsync + cygwin. Here is the command I am running from a batch file: C:\cygwin\bin\rsync.exe -avvz --delete --stats --progress "/cygdrive/e/my_music/" "/cygdrive/g/my_music" > m

Re: supporting --fake-super on opensolaris (zfs) destination

2009-08-04 Thread Wayne Davison
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 07:30:48AM +, Enrico Cavalli wrote: > I wrote a small patch in order to support what I think > is an absolutely needed feature in order to make rsync-based backups > retaining complete ownership permission when writing to an opensolaris > machine using --fake-super. Tha

Re: Backups & Directory Timestamps Not Preserved

2009-08-04 Thread Michal Soltys
Backup options are concered with files from what I can see after some tests. Extra directory (--backup-dir) is an addition to keep things more tidy. I guess the idea was to have some sort of protection against careless rsync invocation, etc. - not as a solution for incremental backups. I don't