On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 4:35 AM, Kenneth Porter <sh...@sewingwitch.com> wrote: > --On Friday, August 08, 2014 1:17 AM +0200 Holger Parplies > <wb...@parplies.de> wrote: > >> Making assumptions about the syntax of a freely configurable command is a >> step in the wrong direction. > > We've gotten spoiled with network protocols that do extensive negotiation > and fall back to the best effort minimum service, such as with ssh. I guess > rsync's protocol is less forgiving in this way.
The backuppc rsync implementation is a complete rewrite in perl to permit comparing the local compressed copy with the remote native rsync's view of the uncompressed version so it is sort of amazing that it exists at all. I think the upcoming 4.x version will use native rsync on the server side too, but I haven't looked at the details of how that will work or if it supports any extra features besides not having to send the whole directory tree before starting the file comparisons. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ 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/