Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:38:05 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD equivalent of GNU/Linux cp -rpu ? Message-ID: <4F0D749D.1060604@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <76.DE.27130.5DB6D0F4@smtp02.insight.synacor.com> References: <76.DE.27130.5DB6D0F4@smtp02.insight.synacor.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig986609BF51324089A95FB42A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 11/01/2012 11:00, Thomas Mueller wrote: > What is the BSD equivalent of Linux cp -rpu ? > Idea is to backup a directory, recursively, without copying old=20 > files that haven't changed. >=20 > Would I use something like rsync or pax ? rsync(1) is the standard way of doing this. For a nice backup system that works using rsync and that preserves filesystem history in a space efficient way by cunning use of hard links, take a look at rsnapshot -- http://rsnapshot.org/ Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig986609BF51324089A95FB42A Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk8NdKQACgkQ8Mjk52CukIy1UwCff7svFIvRV7/T0BqoCwpylVjK c6EAn01V2y6sdZQFCmsLIRUortYENxcQ =UDcw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig986609BF51324089A95FB42A--
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