> And let me do what you suggest. What is the difference, and is --backup
> better than the other ?
Only in conjunction with -backup-dir, for example
--backup --backup-dir=_Changed and deleted files/2021/Jul/19@21:21
The man page's entry for --backup suggests using it with either
In Backup.rsync, which of course is a wrapper around rsync that can be used
for backups, I do not use --backup, but I do use --link-dest:
https://stromberg.dnsalias.org/~strombrg/Backup.remote.html
On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 11:13 PM Lisa via rsync
wrote:
> I would like some feedback about the
From: Charles via rsync
To: rsync@lists.samba.org
Subject: Re: Utility of --backup
Date: 19/07/2021 14:26:59 Europe/Paris
>IThe --backup option is great for creating "rolling full" backups which
>look exactly like the backed up tree except for the existence of the
>backup directory
I am not
IThe --backup option is great for creating "rolling full" backups which
look exactly like the backed up tree except for the existence of the
backup directory
Here's how a Linux backup directory tree looks as created by backup
utility bung's bu_rsync script
+-- bin -> usr/bin
+-- boot
|
Correct, the --backup is almost never discussed. Have never used it, but as I
have been
looking at the documentation, I have started to wonder about its usefulness.
From: Robin Lee Powell
To: lisa-as...@perso.be
Subject: Re: Utility of --backup
Date: 19/07/2021 08:33:45 Europe/Paris
Cc:
I would like some feedback about the --backup option in rsync. Is
it worth using it for backups, or should I just use rsync
commands that just transfer files without the use of --backup
option?
-b, --backup make backups (see --suffix & --backup-dir)
--backup-dir=DIR make backups into
