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On 18/04/2013 9:30 PM, Jos Chrispijn wrote:
> rsync -avrz -e ssh /files/ backupr@x.x.x.x:/vol1/FreeBSD/$DATE/ 
Just a thought, but have you looked at rsnapshot? 
http://www.rsnapshot.org/ http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/rsnapshot/

It uses rsync, but manages a directory tree with hard links to unchanged 
files.
It would solve your problem, but in a different way.

regards,

Danny