BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] Enhancements in rsync 3.0

2008-06-10 16:52:28
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Enhancements in rsync 3.0
From: Tino Schwarze <backuppc.lists AT tisc DOT de>
To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:52:11 +0200
On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 09:14:44PM +0200, Hendrik Friedel wrote:

> just, to get it right: It's not a rsync implementation in Backuppc, but in
> perl (CPAN), right?

Yes.

> Why isn't backuppc using the binary?

Because BackupPC does a lot of stuff differently than plain rsync. It's
not just "rsync client->server, pool files", there is a lot more going
on (like storing file attributes in fattrib files, renaming files,
merging multiple backups for comparing file lists, checksum caching etc.)

Bye,

Tino.

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