Re: rotating dirs created with link-dest

2010-11-17 Thread Steven Levine
In , on 11/16/10 at 01:41 PM, d...@safeport.com said: H Doug, > ---source-- >base --dest-- >rsync -e ssh r...@newharbor.safeport.com:/home >--link-dest=/backup/201009/newharbor/home 201010/newharbor/ rsync -e ssh >

Re: rotating dirs created with link-dest

2010-11-16 Thread doug
On Mon, 18 Oct 2010, Steven Levine wrote: on 10/18/10 at 01:41 PM, d...@safeport.com said: Hi Doug, If I change link-dest=../../201009/myserver/home/ it starts a new base. Via google and RTFM it seems that naming schemes keep the name of the link-dest directory constant. Is this a requireme

Re: rotating dirs created with link-dest

2010-10-18 Thread Steven Levine
In , on 10/18/10 at 01:41 PM, d...@safeport.com said: Hi Doug, >If I change link-dest=../../201009/myserver/home/ it starts a new base. >Via google and RTFM it seems that naming schemes keep the name of the >link-dest directory constant. Is this a requirement or am I yet missing >one more th

rotating dirs created with link-dest

2010-10-18 Thread doug
I have this working [almost] perfectly. Progress to this point would have not been possible without the kind help received here, so many thanks to the list for its advice and forbearance. And yet here I am again :) I set up a naming structure of mm for monthly backups. With 201003 being the