In rsync 2.5, using the --backup and --backup-dir switches without a
--suffix would copy backed up files to the backup dir with no extension.
In 2.6, you must use a blank suffix ("suffix=") in order to get the
same behavior. This means that 2.5 clients are unable to backup to the
server without p
On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 12:15:41PM -0600, Larry Bernstone wrote:
> In rsync 2.5, using the --backup and --backup-dir switches without a
> --suffix would copy backed up files to the backup dir with no extension.
This is true in all versions of rsync (that I know of), including all
2.6.x versions.
