[Dclug] Re: [Novalug] Re: [Ma-linux] backup/mirror script

[Angelo Bertolli]

Michael Stone wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 10:32:08AM -0400, Mark Smith wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 10:17:42AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote:
>>> On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 09:46:13AM -0400, Mark Smith wrote:
>>> >you've repeated the same logic twice, once using ip and once
>>> >using host.  try and avoid that whenver possible and it's
>>> >definitely possible here.
>>>
>>> Yeah, I don't see a point in having the two seperate options.
>>
>> giving an ip or a host is okay, but it should be treated similarly.
>> the underlying command treats them exactly the same.
>
> I don't see the point in having two options. Is there some reason that 
> "--host 127.0.0.1" wouldn't work?
Well my logic was that the location of the target is based on host 
name.  But the IP of the host can change because of DHCP.  So, if I have 
my laptop "shakespeare" at 192.168.0.200 today and 192.168.0.180 
tomorrow, I can still just rsync to the same location on disk.

Angelo