Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Write-once read-many problem

[Sheldon Hearn]

On Wednesday 20 July 2005 13:26, Maarten Bezemer wrote:
> Without looking at the trace or at the source, I'd say it may make
> sense in some situations. Like: having stuff below a 'closed'
> directory. When backing up, permissions are temporarily changed to
> allow writes, and my guess is that the same thing happens when
> restoring.
>
> That might be related to your problem.
>
> Off-topic: can't you use plain rsync for this task?

Yes.  If the maintainers are reluctant to address this in rdiff-backup, 
I'll use cpio+hardlink backups on the distribution server and rsync to 
pull snapshots down on the clients.

Ciao,
Sheldon.
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