Re: [rsnapshot-discuss] compression?

[Sharon K. <ski...@gm...>]

On Monday 25 Jul 2005 20:58, you wrote:
> Hi Sharon,
>
> After re-reading your e-mail, I realized that this could have meant
> two things.
>
> Were you asking for a feature that would create a tar.gz file from the
> snapshot root upon request (for restoring backups), or implementing
> compression on the snapshot root itself to save disk space?

What I meant was for the output to be compressed such that it could then be 
burnt onto a dvd, as it then has a smaller file size. Yes, it would take up 
less space too in the backup folder.

I've previously used 'flexbackup' but have become increasingly dissatisfied 
with it as it seems a bit 'hit and miss', sometimes it works and sometimes it 
doesn't. That seems to compress its output on the fly. 

Another reason for changing over to 'rsnapshot' was that its in active 
development and has an active community, both of which flexbackup lack.

Sharon.
> > Are there any plans to include folder compression into the scheme
> > of things so that you would end up with a tar/tar.gz/zip file
> > please?
> >
> > If not, can I suggest it for a feature request?
> >
> > Sharon.

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