Re: using rsync on files that are being written to

2005-06-21 Thread Wayne Davison
On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 01:35:32PM -0600, lamad wrote: > I know people who shutdown the services on their *nix box before > backing up with rsync. this is to avoid accidentily backing up files > that are being written to, which might result in a corrupt backup of > that file. > > is this even a c

using rsync on files that are being written to

2005-06-16 Thread lamad
I know people who shutdown the services on their *nix box before backing up with rsync. this is to avoid accidentily backing up files that are being written to, which might result in a corrupt backup of that file. is this even a concern? if it is, what methods are available for a small shop t