From c568aad9f659812a95c433c2ca6c8c8bb5ef331e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rodrigo Campos Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:02:47 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Add example to view the differences between two backups Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Campos --- README | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index f14931d..8c076a0 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ for any host, it skips that host. A symbolic link is created at the end of the backup, with the name ``$BACKUP_PATH/$host/current``, and pointing to the newly created directory. +Also, to see what have actually changed between two backups you can run rsync +with your usual flags plus "-nv --delete". For example if you just use "-a", to +see the differences between lolaus/2010-07-11 and lolaus/2010-07-12 you can run:: + rsync -nav --delete lolaus/2010-07-11/ lolaus/2010-07-12/ Similar alternatives -- 2.43.0