On 9/12/07, Suresh Govindachar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Say one starts with creating an archive > > rsync work -> archive > > and periodically (below, i = 1 to N) does > > rsync --backup-dir=a_<i> work -> archive > and rsync --compare-dest=archive work -> b_<i> > > Then suppose one wants to recover the work directory as it was at > time k. > > Using the b_<i> directories, one would merely merge b_k with the > archive directory. > > But using the a_<i> directories one would have to merge a_<j> with > archive starting with j=N and going down sequentially to j=k. > > Is my understanding correct?
Yes, those procedures for recovery are correct. Matt -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html