Hi, > >Not only do I wonder if tar will respond the same > way > >as rsync without the -S option, but I'm also > wondering > >if backup software which use rsync to perform > backups > >would also take this into account... > > I also wonder if there is any downside to using -S > or whether it might > produce an undesirable result in some cases. If not, > perhaps one should > always use it just in case? Since then I've been rsyncing all my data using that switch, and so far haven't seen any issues with it. The man page on it says the only problem that can be caused by it is if rsyncing TO a Solaris filesystem, which can't handle the switch and garbles the files. Either way, any rsync's I do from now on will contain it. Michael. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com
