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| author | Frederic Van Espen <fes@escaux.com> | 2019-03-07 16:03:06 +0100 |
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| committer | Frederic Van Espen <fes@escaux.com> | 2019-03-07 16:03:06 +0100 |
| commit | a2a0a9215b71f188c17b2fa08034092e61642c84 (patch) | |
| tree | 8cf70d1d529d4a3f5d2af0d4c6b37276bbd2a772 | |
| parent | 094f219506e0307c019f0a846d8a399aacfc6a53 (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-a2a0a9215b71f188c17b2fa08034092e61642c84.tar.gz | |
add comment on how to determine if rsyncable option is available
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md | 4 |
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diff --git a/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md b/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md index e28b4fc683a..dcd5e6e2245 100644 --- a/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md +++ b/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md @@ -207,7 +207,9 @@ The resulting file will then be `dump_gitlab_backup.tar`. This is useful for sys ### Rsyncable -To make sure the generated archive is intelligently transferable by rsync, the `GZIP_RSYNCABLE=yes` option can be set. This will set the `--rsyncable` option to `gzip`. This is only useful in combination with setting [the Backup filename option](#backup-filename). Note that this option in `gzip` is not guaranteed to be available on all distributions. +To make sure the generated archive is intelligently transferable by rsync, the `GZIP_RSYNCABLE=yes` option can be set. This will set the `--rsyncable` option to `gzip`. This is only useful in combination with setting [the Backup filename option](#backup-filename). + +Note that the `--rsyncable` option in `gzip` is not guaranteed to be available on all distributions. To verify that it is available in your distribution you can run `gzip --help` or consult the man pages. ```sh sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create BACKUP=dump GZIP_RSYNCABLE=yes |