Re: [feature request] Modify --backup option to make backups on source side, too

2007-11-19 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 22:17 -0400, Matt McCutchen wrote: > On 10/15/07, Aaron Digulla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is for a production system which goes online Q1 2008. Should I use > > the latest stable version of rsync (2.6.9) or will there be a release of > > 3.0 until then? > > Rsync 3.

Re: [feature request] Modify --backup option to make backups on source side, too

2007-10-15 Thread Matt McCutchen
On 10/15/07, Aaron Digulla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks. I'll try to convince my bosses to see this as "payment" for > using rsync :-) I just hope I can find a simple way to build rsync on > Windows ... I guess I'll try with Cygwin since I already have that > installed and I could build Ghos

Re: [feature request] Modify --backup option to make backups on source side, too

2007-10-15 Thread Aaron Digulla
Matt McCutchen schrieb: > In the same way, I encourage you to test and > begin using the source-backup patch now if it suits your needs; if you > want the patch added to the main version, you can help make that more > likely by improving it. Thanks. I'll try to convince my bosses to see this as "

Re: [feature request] Modify --backup option to make backups on source side, too

2007-10-15 Thread Matt McCutchen
On 10/15/07, Aaron Digulla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the input. If this wasn't for a production system, I'd do > that :-) Why don't you apply the patch the release version? Because the patch is a quick hack to serve a niche need, so the benefit of saving people who need source backup

Fwd: Re: [feature request] Modify --backup option to make backups on source side, too

2007-10-15 Thread Aaron Digulla
- Weitergeleitete Nachricht von [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Datum: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:05:13 +0200 Von: Aaron Digulla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Antwort an: Aaron Digulla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Betreff: Re: [feature request] Modify --backup option to make backups on sour

Re: [feature request] Modify --backup option to make backups on source side, too

2007-10-15 Thread Matt McCutchen
On 10/15/07, Aaron Digulla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can you please modify the backup options to work together with > --remove-source-files so I'm able to create a reliable "move between > hosts" script? The patch "patches/source-backup.diff" in the source tree adds an option --source-backup to

[feature request] Modify --backup option to make backups on source side, too

2007-10-15 Thread Aaron Digulla
Hello, Can you please modify the backup options to work together with --remove-source-files so I'm able to create a reliable "move between hosts" script? If --backup is specified, the files to be deleted should be renamed on the source side. If --backup-dir is specified, they should be mo