Re: rsync leaving files compressed

2004-10-17 Thread Wayne Davison
On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 12:54:42PM -0600, Matthew Asplund wrote: > Would it be possible to do an rsync which would leave the files in a > compressed form when it was done? The BackupPC software does this (and more) by using a custom perl app that speaks the rsync protocol. There's a link on the "

rsync leaving files compressed

2004-10-15 Thread Matthew Asplund
I was trying to do some backup work, and realized that rsync is close to doing exactly what I need. I have a 10GB directory tree that I want to back up on DVD-R. If I make a tgz file out of it, it is plenty small, but I cannot get to individual files when I need them. Would it be possible to do