>> Does the rsync perl module do some translation magic or somesuch? > > Yes, it does some serious magic to uncompress on the fly while chatting > with a stock rsync at the other end. Craig must be an insane > programming genius to have tackled a project like that in perl and > succeeded.
wow, maximum respect for that. Good effort Craig. > > If they are doing things where versioning makes sense, you should > provide a CVS or subversion repository and arrange things so the only > way any work is considered 'done' is when it is committed. If it is > more like spreadsheets and documents, something like 'unison' might work > with a server location holding the matching copy. Unison is like a > bi-directional rsync that keeps track of where the latest changes were > done. Tried to provide a group-wide svn structure to handle collab work and remove all the probs with group-shares. Seems unfeasable without copious training for users. Would be nice. The more techie oriented users deal with it no probs so it isn't canned completely. Someday maybe.... > >> It there a way of exploiting the BackupPC_Restore to dump to a local >> folder, even if piped through tar/gtar/star? >> >> Not through the web interface, but from _my_ terminal. > > The generic way is with the command line BackuPC_tarCreate which you can > find in the documentation. You can pipe its output directly into a tar > -x where you want it. > Thanks Les, I'll take a closer look. Cheers for your advice. Rob ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
