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Re: [BackupPC-users] Can't get BackupFilesOnly working (yes, I've googled)

2011-11-15 13:39:17
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Can't get BackupFilesOnly working (yes, I've googled)
From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:37:36 -0600
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Neal Becker <ndbecker2 AT gmail DOT com> 
wrote:
>
> ps auxwww | grep rsync
> root     13636  2.8  0.1 119396  4520 ?        Ss   13:18   0:00 
> /usr/bin/rsync
> --server --sender --perms --owner --group -D --links --hard-links --times --
> block-size=2048 --recursive --one-file-system --ignore-times . /home/nbecker/
>
> Do I interpret this correctly that this says to backup both '.' and
> '/home/nbecker'?  Where did '.' come from (I never specified that).
>

I'm not sure why the . is there but it is normal.  This isn't a normal
rsync command line - it is the one used by the initiating instance to
start the corresponding version on the other system.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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