sshfs map user, rsync backup with remote option

files/rsync-backup

@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@ import shlex
 import json
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 
-VERSION = "1.2"
+VERSION = "1.3"
 
 
 class RSB:
     def __init__(self, options):
         self.options = options
         self.lock = options.lock
+        self.no_backup = options.no_backup
         self.base_folder = options.base_folder
         self.backup_source = options.backup_source
         self.rsync_args = options.rsync_args
@@ -105,6 +106,10 @@ class RSB:
         subprocess.call(["cp", "-la", self.current, tgt_dir], shell=False)
 
     def make_backup(self):
+        if self.options.no_backup:
+            print("Not making backup, as requested")
+            return True
+
         print("Backing up")
         command = [
             "rsync",
@@ -202,7 +207,15 @@ def get_opts():
         default=False,
         help="Use locking to prevent concurrent backups",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--no-backup",
+        dest="no_backup",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=False,
+        help="Do not rsync for backup, only create hardlinks, and clean up. Use this when backuping to a remote machine, and run it at the remote matchine. Example:  rsync -a --del ~/ remote:backups/home/current/; ssh remote rsync-backup --no-backup ~/ backups/home/",
+    )
     parser.add_argument("--version", action="version", version=VERSION)
+
     parser.add_argument(
         "backup_source", action="store", help="Source URL to backup with rsync"
     )