From 18a4813be57319d92b765c0ef5964511316b4bd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bastian Dehn <hhaalo@arcor.de>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 17:22:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add hostpath with localhost

---
 src/backup | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backup b/src/backup
index 6380481..6ffe603 100755
--- a/src/backup
+++ b/src/backup
@@ -139,7 +139,10 @@ backup_remote_pathes()
 		printf "path ${YELLOW}%s${RESET}\n\n" "$path"
 
 		[ -n "$last_backup_dir_path" ] \
-			&& hardlinkopt="--link-dest=$last_backup_dir_path/$machine"
+			&& local hardlinkopt="--link-dest=$last_backup_dir_path/$machine"
+
+		local hostpath="$remote_user@$host:$path"
+		[ "$host" == "localhost" ] && local hostpath="$path"
 
 		rsync --archive \
 			--verbose \
@@ -150,7 +153,7 @@ backup_remote_pathes()
 			--human-readable \
 			$hardlinkopt \
 			--rsh "ssh -p $port" \
-			$remote_user@$host:$path \
+			$hostpath \
 			$backup_path/$machine \
 			|| errlog "could not backup $machine with path $path" \
 			|| return $?
-- 
2.47.3