On 12/19 08:56 , dbp lists wrote: > if I use rsync instead of smb, will new files be backed up during > incremental backup.
yes. AFAIK, more reliably so. I believe rsync is better at catching new files than tar. (which is what's run over SMB, again AFAIK). > Also... if a laptop is unavailable for backup for extended period of > time, does backuppc "know" to do a full backup as soon as it is next > available? yes. backuppc pings hosts before trying to back them up. if a host has not responded to pings for a while, then as soon as it starts again, it will be backed up (provided the scheduled time to do the backup has passed). -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
