HI,

> I had troubles using the rsync(d) method (crashed my server) so I used a 
> workaround:
> create a sshfs mount and "locally" backup its files.  To prevent empty 
> backups, I changed
> the ping command to ssh user@hostname whoami to emulate a response if 
> successful,
> or return no ping if not connected. I figured that out the long way because I 
> had a few
> empty backups (the mounting directory was empty).

i'm doing something similar, but mounting a smb fs.
After smb mount, i use rsync (not TAR) on this folder.

I've edited RsyncClientCmd to:
$rsyncPath $argList+

and ClientNameAlias to:
127.0.0.1

Hope this helps
Regards
M

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