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CLI Magic: Simple backup is Mirdir (Linux.com)CLI Magic: Simple backup is Mirdir (Linux.com)Posted Nov 23, 2005 21:29 UTC (Wed) by hppnq (guest, #14462)In reply to: CLI Magic: Simple backup is Mirdir (Linux.com) by tjw.org Parent article: CLI Magic: Simple backup is Mirdir (Linux.com)
Sorry, you'll have to be more specific. Metadata. Portability. See your definition of mirroring:
To me, this means that all files, permissions, ownership, timestamps, and special files like devices should be exactly the same in both copies. You forget one quite important aspect: synchronization. This is what sets a mirror apart from an archive or a snapshot, for instance. Of course the concepts overlap: you can make an archive out of a mirror and the other way around.
Your tar | ssh | tar example served to illustrate a powerful variation of the original tar | tar example. But it has nothing to do with mirdir, which is entirely different, and explained in the article in a way that even a newbie can understand it. Anyway, we're boring everybody's pants off, mine are in the laundry already. The point I wanted to make is: Joe wrote an article intended for newbies about making a simple local backup using a simple command -- and you take offence, because rsync appears to be a superior solution:
I seriously question your reading abilities and your judgment. Like I said: I think articles like these are quite nice, because they help unleash some of the power that Linux offers to unexperienced users. And obviously you don't know Joe Barr.
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