Boniforti Flavio wrote at about 09:05:27 +0100 on Friday, November 27, 2009: > Hello Jeffrey, > > [cut] > > > Why would you go through all the overhead of BackupPC just to > > rsync a single file every day? > > So you mean that if I would backup every night, using rsync, the image > of my PC, I wouldn't have a huge quantity of transferred bytes, as rsync > would only transfer the bits that have changed, right? > > This would be sufficient for me, as I wouldn't benefit of backuppc's > pooling...
That is *precisely* what rsync does. Rsync is *very* powerful with many interesting options. If you were not aware of this defining feature of rsync, I suggest you read up on rsync to make sure you understand it and use it right. Good luck! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
