Re: rsync and compression

2008-04-27 Thread Wayne Davison
On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 12:11:47AM -0600, lewis Eklund butler wrote: > Is there some way to do this so that all the files rsync backs up get > compressed? See the mail archives for prior discussions on compressed files for a reference to a patch that can be used for this (though I don't recommend

rsync and compression

2008-04-26 Thread lewis Eklund butler
I have a directory that I backup using rsync with --link-dest and hard links, but I would like the files in that directory to be zipped to conserve space. They are very large log text files (hundreds of megs) that compress 90% or more. Is there some way to do this so that all the files rsy