[Discuss] rsnapshot vs. rdiff-backup

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

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.

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