Re: few questions on rsync

2010-06-22 Thread Igor Lautar
Hi, On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 7:56 AM, Matt McCutchen wrote: Thx for your answers, I'll look into it. Regards, -- 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

Re: where is backup-dir rooted?

2010-06-22 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 18:12 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: > if I have > > rsync -a --delete --backup --backup-dir=/some/backup/path > /path/to/my/files/ another-machine::module/my/backup/ > > where is /some/backup/path rooted? if is was instead some/backup/parth > (without the leading slash) wher

Re: few questions on rsync

2010-06-22 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 13:59 +0200, Igor Lautar wrote: > Different filesystems: > Lets say I want to keep all extended attributes and everything else, > so I use -A, -X, --perms etc., together with --fake-super. > Now, lets say source FS supports some attributes not supported on > target FS (for exa

Re: few questions on rsync

2010-06-22 Thread Henri Shustak
> Reversing --backup logic: > Currently, if --backup is used (and --backup-dir), a copy of existing > file that is replaced on rsync will be placed there. Is there a way to > keep original copy (ie. base) the same, but just place whatever has > changed to a different location? Taking "backup to a

Re: where is backup-dir rooted?

2010-06-22 Thread Henri Shustak
> [What I am trying to achieve is to backup (part of) my home directory to a > backup server such that > > a) I have a reasonably up to date (within a day if I do it overnight) of my > current state > b) If I have deleted or updated a file the old version of it gets placed into > a special "sn

Re: Installing rsync-2.4.6 on an Intel box running Solaris x86....

2010-06-22 Thread Justin Roth
Is this Solaris 10 or OpenSolaris or ? `uname -a` output please? -jble * andre.quint...@thomsonreuters.com [06-22-2010 19:54]: > > Resending again, now that I'm a new member - AQ > > > > > > From: Quintana, Andre (M Tech Ops) > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2

Installing rsync-2.4.6 on an Intel box running Solaris x86....

2010-06-22 Thread andre.quintana
Resending again, now that I'm a new member - AQ From: Quintana, Andre (M Tech Ops) Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 4:23 PM To: rs...@samba.org Cc: Quintana, Andre (M Tech Ops) Subject: Installing rsync-2.4.6 on an Intel box running Solaris x86 Importance: Hig

where is backup-dir rooted?

2010-06-22 Thread Alan Chandler
The current man text for rsync is rather sparse in what it tells you about backup-dir This is from my debian installation - which appears to have come from the source here --backup-dir=DIR In combination with the --backup option, this tells rsync to store all backups in the specified direct

few questions on rsync

2010-06-22 Thread Igor Lautar
Hi, I have few questions that could not find answers to in documentation. Different filesystems: Lets say I want to keep all extended attributes and everything else, so I use -A, -X, --perms etc., together with --fake-super. Now, lets say source FS supports some attributes not supported on target