Re: [BackupPC-users] Bug#497888: backuppc: please make use of the rsync algorithm, particularly in resuming interrupted backups

[Ludovic D. <ld...@de...>]

On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 05:09:19PM +1000, Tim Connors wrote:
> It would be very nice if the backuppc client communicated as a regular
> rsync client back to the rsync server, and didn't wipe the tree that
> had already been partially trasferred.  So when 400MB of a 600MB file
> has been successfully transferred, only the delta gets transmitted the
> next time.  Yes, of course, this behaviour should be configurable so

Hi !

Yes backuppc should work this way. You may have a configuration
problem somewhere... Did you asked for help on the backuppc mailing
list ? What's the rsync version used on the backed-up client ?

Cheers,


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