[23:30] <BugeyeD_> internalkernel: sorry, been outta town (and off the grid)
[23:32] <BugeyeD_> internalkernel: you should probably be looking at tar ... if using gnu tar, i suggest looking at these options: -N, --newer, --after-date
[23:34] <BugeyeD_> internalkernel: rsync isn't going to do what you're looking for there - it synchronizes two resources, so with it you should always end up with the same number or more files, not less.
[23:36] <BugeyeD_> going back to the tar thing, though ... create a checkpoint file during the snapshot. the NEXT tar should reference that file for the --newer function. using that idea, you should be able to determine a safe date (in case of backup failures, cron failures, etc.)
[23:36] <BugeyeD_> hth
[23:44] <internalkernel> BugeyeD_: off the grid, sounds like a good thing! I just got back from philly today. The tar --listed-incrementals=afile with --newer looks like it's the way to go for incremental backups. Rsync has it's purposes but... yeah, it's not going to do what I want.