Fwd: Re: [feature request] Modify --backup option to make backups on source side, too

Aaron Digulla digulla at hepe.com
Mon Oct 15 14:06:57 GMT 2007


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      Datum: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:05:13 +0200
        Von: Aaron Digulla <digulla at hepe.com>
Antwort an: Aaron Digulla <digulla at hepe.com>
    Betreff: Re: [feature request] Modify --backup option to make  
backups on source side, too
         An: Matt McCutchen <hashproduct+rsync at gmail.com>

Quoting Matt McCutchen <hashproduct+rsync at gmail.com>:

> On 10/15/07, Aaron Digulla <digulla at hepe.com> wrote:
>> Can you please modify the backup options to work together with
>> --remove-source-files so I'm able to create a reliable "move between
>> hosts" script?
>
> The patch "patches/source-backup.diff" in the source tree adds an
> option --source-backup to do this.  You can compile your own copy of
> rsync containing the patch and then use that option.

Thanks for the input. If this wasn't for a production system, I'd do
that :-) Why don't you apply the patch the release version?

Regards,

-- 
Aaron "Optimizer" Digulla a.k.a. Philmann Dark
"It's not the universe that's limited, it's our imagination.
Follow me and I'll show you something beyond the limits."
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Follow me and I'll show you something beyond the limits."
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