Re: Utility of --backup

2021-07-19 Thread Charles via rsync
r --backup-dir or --suffix On 19/07/2021 19:22, lisa-as...@perso.be wrote: From: Charles via rsync To: rsync@lists.samba.org Subject: Re: Utility of --backup Date: 19/07/2021 14:26:59 Europe/Paris >IThe --backup option is great for creating "rolling full" backups which >look

Re: Utility of --backup

2021-07-19 Thread Dan Stromberg via rsync
In Backup.rsync, which of course is a wrapper around rsync that can be used for backups, I do not use --backup, but I do use --link-dest: https://stromberg.dnsalias.org/~strombrg/Backup.remote.html On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 11:13 PM Lisa via rsync wrote: > I would like some feedback about the --ba

Re: Utility of --backup

2021-07-19 Thread Charles via rsync
IThe --backup option is great for creating "rolling full" backups which look exactly like the backed up tree except for the existence of the backup directory Here's how a Linux backup directory tree looks as created by backup utility bung's bu_rsync script +-- bin -> usr/bin +-- boot |   +--