Hi, I'm a bit late on this conversation, but why not use rsync instead of tar on the local machine? I'm not talking about rsync over ssh to localhost but plain old rsync. I can see some advantages (on speed, diskspace, and cputime). Here's how i did it:
1 - copy your rsync executable file to your backuppc bin directory 2 - set this rsync suid root, be sure to only allow this rsync to be executed by backuppc user. 3 - on localhost setup on backuppc config set: RsyncClientPath = /opt/BackupPC/bin/rsync RsyncClientCmd = /opt/BackupPC/bin/rsync $argList+ RsyncClientRestoreCmd = $rsyncPath $argList+ This way you can continue to use rsync on the local machine without the overhead of ssh and tcp/ip. Don't forget to save backuppc config (/etc/backuppc) to somewhere else to be easier to restore the config in case of need. And if you are backingup / don't forget to exclude /mnt /dev /sys /media /mnt /proc If you need some assistance with this setup just drop me a line Cheers, Pedro On Tuesday 16 November 2010 22:36:48 Dale King wrote: > On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 09:00:10AM -0500, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > > If you are on the same machine, you can do directly without ssh > > by using sudo (and you can protect a little more by setting up sodoers > > properly). Then there is no compression for the local machine... > > > > $Conf{RsyncClientCmd} = '/usr/bin/sudo $rsyncPath $argList+'; > > Sorry for replying out of order but I lost the original post by Frank. > > Here is what I use to stop the date being interpreted. If someone could > fix the wiki that would be great: > > $Conf{TarClientCmd} = '/usr/bin/env LC_ALL=C /usr/bin/sudo /root/tarCreate -v > -f - -C $shareName --totals'; > $Conf{TarIncrArgs} = '--newer=$incrDate $fileList+'; > > > Where /root/tarCreate is (different to the wiki): > > #!/bin/sh -f > > exec /bin/tar -c "$@" > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports > standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. > Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great > experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today > http://p.sf.net/sfu/msIE9-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pedro M. S. Oliveira IT Consultant Email: pmsolive...@gmail.com URL: http://www.linux-geex.com Cellular: +351 96 5867227 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today http://p.sf.net/sfu/msIE9-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ 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/