Re: [BackupPC-users] RsyncIncrArgsExtra

2019-08-03 Thread Alexander Kobel
Hi, On 03.08.19 18:59, Ted Toal wrote: > Ged, > >> BackupPC shines, I think, in less well-constrained situations. >> >> Given the boundaries I wonder if you wouldn't do better with something >> simple like a script which runs 'find' to find the files to be backed >> up, plain vanilla rsync to do

Re: [BackupPC-users] RsyncIncrArgsExtra

2019-08-03 Thread Ted Toal
Ged, > BackupPC shines, I think, in less well-constrained situations. > > Given the boundaries I wonder if you wouldn't do better with something > simple like a script which runs 'find' to find the files to be backed > up, plain vanilla rsync to do the actual transfers, and de-duplication > provi

Re: [BackupPC-users] RsyncIncrArgsExtra

2019-08-03 Thread G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users
Hello again, On Sat, 3 Aug 2019, Ted Toal wrote: I am NOT sure whether bandwidth limitation is what I want. ... only backing up our lab?s small portion of the data ... only backing up files less than 1 MB ... BackupPC shines, I think, in less well-constrained situations. Given the boundari

Re: [BackupPC-users] RsyncIncrArgsExtra

2019-08-03 Thread Alexander Kobel
Hi Ted, On 02.08.19 20:09, Ted Toal wrote: > 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

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] 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

[BackupPC-users] RsyncIncrArgsExtra

2019-08-01 Thread Ted Toal
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 bandwidth to different amounts depending on whether it