Heh, crosspost :)

Thanks, I will try this, hoping rsync doesn't hate me for that!


Mirco Piccin wrote:
> 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 < at > 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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