[Linux-disciples] scp/rsync question

Jamie Forrest jaf at honksandsirens.com
Wed Jan 17 12:53:20 EST 2007


Just uploading files to the web server (not mirroring anything), so I  
think rdiff-backup wouldn't be appropriate.  But maybe I don't know  
what I'm talking about.

On Jan 17, 2007, at 12:39 PM, Adam Rosi-Kessel wrote:

> On 1/17/2007 12:37 PM, Jamie Forrest wrote:
>> Is there a way to have scp or rsync rename a file it's copying if  
>> a file
>> with that name already exists in the remote location?
>
> rsync -b renames existing target files with a ~ extension. You might
> consider rdiff-backup as a better choice, depending on what you're  
> doing.
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