rsync - Jan 2004 - Rsync and Tar

Hello,

	I am trying to setup a backup system.  What I would like to do is have 
rsync create a tar file as it downloads (to save space) and just have it 
update that tar file.  Can rsync create a archive on the fly, or does 
this have to be done after its finished its transfer?  I would also like 
to have rsync report its transfer stat to a MYSQL database for billing 
purposes, on a per client basis.  Can this be done?

Thanks in advance

Steve

On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 03:56:40PM -0700, Steve Sills
wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 	I am trying to setup a backup system.  What I would like to do is 
> 	have rsync create a tar file as it downloads (to save space) and just have
> it update that tar file.  Can rsync create a archive on the fly, or does 
> this have to be done after its finished its transfer?  I would also like 
No.  You might want to look at what rsync does or "how rsync
works".
> to have rsync report its transfer stat to a MYSQL database for billing 
> purposes, on a per client basis.  Can this be done?
What you do with the stats in a post-processing script
is up to you.  

Instead of reinventing the wheel you might what to take a
look at dirvish and other existing free backup systems that
use rsync to get the most out of bandwidth and disk space.

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