rsync - Feb 2005 - Request to include delete-dir-and-suffix patch in rsync-2.6.4

The delete-dir-and-suffix patch creates two new command line options as
follows:
        --delete-dir
        --delete-suffix

The delete-dir and delete-suffix options give the ability to store backup of
deleted files on the receiver in different directories or with different
suffix than the backup of files that have been changed but that are still on
the source drive.  Both commands can be combined.

This patch turns Rrsync into a very convenient backup and restore system as
it treats the mirror image of existing files, the archive repository of
files that have been changed, and the repository of files that have been
deleted in three separate directory or filesystem.  This is now widely used
in our organization and has saved us the expense of buying a SAN.

Marc St-Onge

On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 01:09:36PM -0500, Marc St-Onge
wrote:
> The delete-dir and delete-suffix options give the ability to store
> backup of deleted files on the receiver in different directories or
> with different suffix than the backup of files that have been changed
> but that are still on the source drive.
The patches dir has the lastest version of this patch in which the
options have been renamed to not begin with "delete" (since they are
not
options that cause something to be deleted).  The options are currently
named this:

    --backup-dir-dels=DIR
    --suffix-dels=SUFFIX

You can see the CVS version of this patch here:

    http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/unpacked/rsync/patches/backup-dir-dels.diff

I don't personally see the extra utility for this option (since a
deleted file gets a backup), so it is not going to be in 2.6.4 except
in the patches dir.

..wayne..