Hi, >> rsync -avz --delete --numeric-ids --exclude-from=/backup/exclude-file.txt \ >> --link-dest=/backup/seg/serverA/xxx.xxx.228/cdrive/20091109 \ >> rsync://serverA/cdrive/20091110/ \ >> /backup/seg/serverA/xxx.xxx.228/cdrive/20091110 > > Your daemon setup looks exactly right. I don't understand why you > consider it more complicated than the previous setup. Previously you > had one SSH authorized key for each backup point with the appropriate
Well, no, I didn't have that because it doesn't work. I've been using empty passphrase keys with command= for many years, but never really had a requirement to override the path in this way. > In contrast, the forced-server-command approach would clobber the > 20091110/ part, preventing you from setting up the --link-dest properly. > Is it clear now? Yes, and hopefully I've clarified what I'm doing now too. :-) > It seems to me that you would have had to do the same thing under the > forced-server-command setup. No? Yep, exactly :-) > In any case, sed is overkill to vary the date. You can just use a shell > variable: > > DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d) > rsync ... /backup/seg/serverA/xxx.xxx.228/cdrive/$DATE It's part of a larger backup script with its own configuration file, actually. Thanks so much. Best regards, Alex -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
