The perl module that BackupPC uses (File::RsyncP, I think) needs to support whatever arguments you specify for rsync. I'm not sure if --partial is supported or not, but that could be a potential stumbling block.
-Rob John Rouillard wrote: > Hi all: > > Can anybody think of any reason to not add --partial to the default > list of arguments to rsync? It keeps partial file transfers allowing > the next transfer to append to the partially transferred file. > > I have a couple of systems that are unable to transfer some large log > files within 24 hours. So they have been spinning since the > partial/in-process transfer of the file was deleted when BackupPC was > sent a sigalarm. > > With --partial it kept the partial file around and permitted it to > complete the transfer in 2 24 hour sessions. > > The only thing I can think of is that a user could possibly install > the partial file from disk without realizing it was a partial file. > > Can anybody think of any other issues? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
