rsync - Apr 2008 - rsync and compression

I have a directory that I backup using rsync with --link-dest and hard  
links, but I would like the files in that directory to be zipped to  
conserve space.  They are very large log text files (hundreds of megs)  
that compress 90% or more.

Is there some way to do this so that all the files rsync backs up get  
compressed?

The only thing I can think of is manually compressing the directories  
after rsync runs, but that seems like quite a waste or time and  
resources.

On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 12:11:47AM -0600, lewis Eklund butler
wrote:
> Is there some way to do this so that all the files rsync backs up get 
> compressed?
See the mail archives for prior discussions on compressed files for a
reference to a patch that can be used for this (though I don't recommend
it, as it removes size checking from the transfer quick-check).  Another
way to get backups compressed is to use the BackupPC application, which
speaks the rsync protocol and stores the backup data with all redundancy
removed and files compressed.  See the resources web page for the link:

    http://rsync.samba.org/resources.html

The final option is to use a compressed filesystem.

..wayne..