On 9/16/2010 4:08 PM, RC wrote:
>
>>    Once you start using rsync in your daily life you find it to be an
> indispensable tool.
>
> It certainly is indespensible.  Unfortunately BackupPC's design is not geared
> towards getting most of the benefits out of it.  You should NEVER again need 
> to
> do a full backup (thanks to checksums) and you should never have to checksum 
> the
> full-system in a single run (thanks to RsyncCsumCacheVerifyProb).  Sadly,
> BackupPC is still stuck in the Full/Incr mindset, and seems to be going the
> wrong way, even depreciating some options (like IncrFill) which provide some 
> of
> rsync's most significant benefits.

If you are poking around in the guts of rsyncP, maybe you could 
experiment with removing the --ignore-times option that is forced in 
full runs - or making an extra option to control when it is added.  That 
could give you a full run in approximately the time of an incremental 
but with the benefit of filling.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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