Hello all, can rsync sync some directory directlly into a compressed file format.. that way I wouldn't have to compress it myself.... when syncing again it would decompress the file, sync and re-compress :) well, maybe this is a crazy idea... !?!? cheers joao
Hi, Take a look at http://www.s3rsync.com/ they offer rsync to tar Regards, Milutin Voinivich Joao Ferreira gmail wrote:> Hello all, > > can rsync sync some directory directlly into a compressed file format.. > > that way I wouldn't have to compress it myself.... when syncing again it > would decompress the file, sync and re-compress :) > > well, maybe this is a crazy idea... !?!? > > cheers > joao > > >
On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:30:39AM +0100, Joao Ferreira gmail wrote:> can rsync sync some directory directlly into a compressed file format..This is not currently supported. There's a patch that could allow such a situation, but I don't recommend it. For backups, the BackupPC software (listed on rsync's resources webpage) has the ability to rsync remote files into a locally compressed backup area. ..wayne..