Utility of --backup

2021-07-20 Thread Lisa via rsync
: lisa-as...@perso.be;    rsync@lists.samba.org Subject: Re: Utility of --backup Date: 20/07/2021 02:37:50 Europe/Paris > 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-

Utility of --backup

2021-07-20 Thread Lisa via rsync
From: Charles To: lisa-as...@perso.be;    rsync@lists.samba.org Subject: Re: Utility of --backup Date: 20/07/2021 02:37:50 Europe/Paris > 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 --

Re: Utility of --backup

2021-07-19 Thread Charles via rsync
backup-dir or --suffix On 19/07/2021 19:22, lisa-as...@perso.be wrote: 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 exac

Re: Utility of --backup

2021-07-19 Thread Dan Stromberg via rsync
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

Utility of --backup

2021-07-19 Thread Lisa via rsync
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 >backu

Re: Utility of --backup

2021-07-19 Thread Charles via rsync
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

Utility of --backup

2021-07-19 Thread Lisa via rsync
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

Utility of --backup

2021-07-19 Thread Lisa via rsync
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