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On 12/05/2013 09:03 AM, Richard Pieri wrote: > 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. > I'm not sure what it would use cp(1) for when backup up remotely. I never saw cp running at work where we were backup up over the net. At home, I am backing up a local file system to a mounted drive, so it could use cp(1) very efficiently. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id:3BC1EB90 PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90
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