[Discuss] rsnapshot vs. rdiff-backup

Richard Pieri richard.pieri at gmail.com
Thu Dec 5 09:03:25 EST 2013


Jerry Feldman wrote:
> It has used --link-dest as long as I have been using it. In the
> rsnapshot.conf file:

Mine are the same, but there's still this early on:

> # LINUX USERS:   Be sure to uncomment "cmd_cp". This gives you extra features.
> # EVERYONE ELSE: Leave "cmd_cp" commented out for compatibility.
> #
> # See the README file or the man page for more details.
> #
> cmd_cp          /bin/cp

So there's still something it gets out of GNU's cp command that isn't 
provided by rsync or isn't provided as easily by rsync.

-- 
Rich P.



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