Re: [BackupPC-users] RsyncIncrArgsExtra

2019-08-02 Thread Ted Toal
Hi Alex, Ok, thanks for that suggestion, I’d thought of it, but wasn’t sure if rsync would complain if the arg appeared twice, but apparently it doesn’t. I am NOT sure whether bandwidth limitation is what I want. I am actually trying to throttle down not only the network bandwidth used but als

Re: [BackupPC-users] Identical files

2019-08-02 Thread Ted Toal
>> Would replacing "same permissions, ownership or modification time" by >> "same filename, path, permissions, ownership, modification time, or >> other metadata" make the crowd more happy? Yes, that is all that is needed, just adding “filename, path” to that list. _

Re: [BackupPC-users] RsyncIncrArgsExtra

2019-08-02 Thread Alexander Kobel
Hi again, On 02.08.19 11:50, Alexander Kobel wrote: > Hi Ted, > > On 01.08.19 18:31, Ted Toal wrote: >> There is a BackupPC config parameter named RsyncFullArgsExtra, but none >> named RsyncIncrArgsExtra (to provide extra rsync args for an incremental >> backup). I’d like to see such a paramet

Re: [BackupPC-users] RsyncIncrArgsExtra

2019-08-02 Thread Alexander Kobel
Hi Ted, On 01.08.19 18:31, Ted Toal wrote: > There is a BackupPC config parameter named RsyncFullArgsExtra, but none named > RsyncIncrArgsExtra (to provide extra rsync args for an incremental backup). > I’d like to see such a parameter. My immediate use is that I’d like to > restrict rsync ba

Re: [BackupPC-users] Identical files

2019-08-02 Thread Alexander Kobel
Hi, On 01.08.19 18:03, G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users wrote: > Hi there, > > On Fri, 26 Jul 2019, Ted Toal wrote: > >> Is it easy to make updates to the documentation? > > I haven't seen a reply to this so I'll take a stab at it, although I > don't really know the proper procedure.  Mr. Barrat