>From what I understand `--backup-dir` uses a hierarchical backup. And
>`--suffix` appends the value
in `--suffix` to the end of each file.
What happens when one specifies both `--backup-dir` and `dest`. Is
`--backup-dir` a replacement to
`dest`, or not ?
From: Charles
To: lisa-as...@p
From: Charles
To: lisa-as...@perso.be;
rsync@lists.samba.org
Subject: Re: Utility of --backup
Date: 20/07/2021 02:37:50 Europe/Paris
> And let me do what you suggest. What is the difference, and is --backup
> better than the other ?
Only in conjunction with -backup-dir, for example
--backup
