Heh, crosspost :) Thanks, I will try this, hoping rsync doesn't hate me for that!
Mirco Piccin wrote: > HI, > > > > I had troubles using the rsync(d) method (crashed my server) so I used a > > workaround: > > create a sshfs mount and "locally" backup its files. To prevent empty > > backups, I changed > > the ping command to ssh user < at > hostname whoami to emulate a response > > if successful, > > or return no ping if not connected. I figured that out the long way because > > I had a few > > empty backups (the mounting directory was empty). > > > > i'm doing something similar, but mounting a smb fs. > After smb mount, i use rsync (not TAR) on this folder. > > I've edited RsyncClientCmd to: > $rsyncPath $argList+ > > and ClientNameAlias to: > 127.0.0.1 > > Hope this helps > Regards > M > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users < at > lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ +---------------------------------------------------------------------- |This was sent by krunchyf...@videotron.ca via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
