[Dovecot] backing up maildir dovecot files

[Reindl Harald]

Am 13.02.2013 08:20, schrieb Steffen Kaiser:
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> On Tue, 12 Feb 2013, David Mehler wrote:
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>> Thanks, if I did:
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>> rsync --force --delete-after -tPrlHpogEAXz /folder/ /backups/newmailstore/
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>> could I then tar up the newmailstore folder with something like tar
>> zcf without messing anything up?
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> keep in mind, that the backup of the Maildir with rsync is no 100% consistent snapshot, because of the filename
> renames; otherwise: yes

who would rename them and why?

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