On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 4:41 PM, Christian Völker <chrischan AT knebb DOT de> 
wrote:
>
> meanwhile (you see, it is Christmas, I have some time to think ;)) I am
> not so sure this is a good solution.
>
> How does rsync handle files with same name, same content but it was
> created later than the previous?

Rsync will compare the content by computing a block-checksum at each
end and only transfer the differences.

> with my script the splited image files gets created every backup run
> from scratch. Does rsync transfer them even if they are named the same
> with the same content?

Even if rsync did transfer them, backuppc would notice that the
content was the same as the pooled instance and replace the copy with
a hardlink anyway.  The timestamp goes into the attrib file so that
can be manged separately.

> If so I have to keep the files- would it help to zero them with "echo
> ''>" until the next backup run then?

No, that should not be necessary.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website,
sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your
hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought
leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a
look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net
_______________________________________________
BackupPC-users mailing list
BackupPC-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
List:    https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users
Wiki:    http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net
Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/