Re: rsyncrypto with --backup-dir like in rsync

[Shachar S. <sh...@sh...>]

On 09/03/15 03:55, Zurd wrote:
> Hi, thanks for the information, I understand now that rsyncrypto is a
> preparation step. Only problem is that if you want to make a backup of
> 800 GB, you'll need to copy that 800 GB and encrypt it (with
> rsyncrypto), then rsync that. Can work fine for small backups, just
> not for large backups.
>
You are right. There were plans to have rsyncrypto be a filter (i.e. -
encrypt stdin to stdout) and thus be a plugin into rsync, saving this
issue. Right now, I do not have the bandwidth to work on it (nor on
quite a few other things I would like to do with rsyncrypto).

Shachar