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...ed at the destination. These compressed files could be then restored the same way specifing a switch telling that source files are to be uncompressed. Files with known extensions (.gz, .zip, ...) should not be compressed/uncompressed. All files must keep the original names unchanged. Ex. export RSYNC_COMPRESSED_EXTS=".gz .zip ..." ;# Extensions from files not to be compressed Backup: rsync -av --delete --zip MyDir/ BackupDir Restore: rsync -av --delete --unzip BackupDir/ MyDir This is only a sugestion. You may find a better solution. Thank you. Paulo da Silva ----- End forwarded message ---...

...ed at the destination. These compressed files could be then restored the same way specifing a switch telling that source files are to be uncompressed. Files with known extensions (.gz, .zip, ...) should not be compressed/uncompressed. All files must keep the original names unchanged. Ex. export RSYNC_COMPRESSED_EXTS=".gz .zip ..." ;# Extensions from files not to be compressed Backup: rsync -av --delete --zip MyDir/ BackupDir Restore: rsync -av --delete --unzip BackupDir/ MyDir This is only a sugestion. You may find a better solution. Thank you. Paulo da Silva