On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 03:29:16PM -0500, Jason wrote: > I've been experimenting with tar. Let's say I decide to use tar and > forget about using rsync for mails, what would be some good options to > use to only update the archive with new files? I have tried: > > tar uGvf ~/Main/mail.tar /path/to/maildir > > but it seems every time it is run it just adds copies of everything to > the archive again, instead of just what was added since last time.
Have you tried out 'zip -u'? -- Mark H. Wood Lead Technology Analyst University Library Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis 755 W. Michigan Street Indianapolis, IN 46202 317-274-0749 www.ulib.iupui.edu
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