Re: [BackupPC-users] Parameter for incremental backups on localhost using tarCreate.sh script

2013-10-21 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Phil Reynolds wrote on 2013-10-19 05:45:51 +0100 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Parameter for incremental backups on localhost using tarCreate.sh script]: On Sat, 19 Oct 2013 01:11:35 +0200 Holger Parplies wb...@parplies.de wrote: [...] I don't really understand the need of a shell script

Re: [BackupPC-users] Parameter for incremental backups on localhost using tarCreate.sh script

2013-10-19 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 6:11 PM, Holger Parplies wb...@parplies.de wrote: Personally, I would just use rsync over ssh like any other target and not worry about the CPU doing a little extra work. It's probably not doing much else then anyway... While I agree with rsync, I don't see the point

Re: [BackupPC-users] Parameter for incremental backups on localhost using tarCreate.sh script

2013-10-18 Thread Phil Reynolds
On Sat, 19 Oct 2013 01:11:35 +0200 Holger Parplies wb...@parplies.de wrote: getting quoting right is an endless source of fun ... Looks like it... The net result in both cases is a failed backup, because tar tries to stat something derived from the time, as if it was a filename.

[BackupPC-users] Parameter for incremental backups on localhost using tarCreate.sh script

2013-10-17 Thread Phil Reynolds
I am having problems backing up the localhost using a tarCreate.sh script - I can do full backups, but the date and time seems impossible to present properly for incrementals. $Conf{TarIncrArgs} = '--newer=$incrDate $fileList+' as recommended by the documentation fails to escape the space between

Re: [BackupPC-users] Parameter for incremental backups on localhost using tarCreate.sh script

2013-10-17 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Phil Reynolds phil-backu...@tinsleyviaduct.com wrote: I am having problems backing up the localhost using a tarCreate.sh script - I can do full backups, but the date and time seems impossible to present properly for incrementals. $Conf{TarIncrArgs} =

Re: [BackupPC-users] Parameter for incremental backups on localhost using tarCreate.sh script

2013-10-17 Thread Phil Reynolds
On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 14:38:35 -0500 Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Phil Reynolds phil-backu...@tinsleyviaduct.com wrote: I am having problems backing up the localhost using a tarCreate.sh script - I can do full backups, but the date and time seems

Re: [BackupPC-users] Parameter for incremental backups on localhost using tarCreate.sh script

2013-10-17 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Phil Reynolds phil-backu...@tinsleyviaduct.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Phil Reynolds phil-backu...@tinsleyviaduct.com wrote: I am having problems backing up the localhost using a tarCreate.sh script - I can do full backups, but the date and