Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 10:56:25 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Simon <simon@optinet.com> Cc: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>, "freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>, "freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: network backup Message-ID: <20021213165625.GB91604@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20021213163949.D46E643EEA@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <20021213103154.GA2398@straylight.oblivion.bg> <20021213163949.D46E643EEA@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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In the last episode (Dec 13), Simon said: > I have before I sent this email. And unless I misread it, -z is to > compress on sending side to make rsync use less bandwidth in remote > backups, not to compress data (on the fly) on the receiving (backup) > end. rsync is for synchronizing two directories, and needs to be able to read the files on both sides for the sync algorithm to work. If you just want to back directories up, use tar, and add the 'z' flag to compress the tarball. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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