Re: --archive vs --backup

2004-03-20 Thread Wayne Davison
On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 09:29:42AM -0500, alexus wrote: > Can someone tell me what exactly is the difference between these two? The --archive option is just a convenience option that preserves all the attributes of a file while (almost always) turning on directory recursion. The --backup option i

--archive vs --backup

2004-03-16 Thread alexus
Can someone tell me what exactly is the difference between these two? According to man pages --archives is equivalent to -rlptgoD But what --backup equivalent to? Thanks -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org