On Mon, 11 Apr 2022 at 12:59, Default User <hunguponcont...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Then I try to use rsync to make an identical copy of backup device MSD1 on an > absolutely identical 4-Tb external usb hard drive, > labeled MSD2, using this command: > > sudo rsync -aAXHxvv --delete --info=progress2,stats2,name2 > /media/default/MSD1/ /media/default/MSD2 > > Here's the problem. Although the size and number of items in each > subdirectory on MSD1 and MSD2 seem to be identical, more space in total seems > to be taken up on MSD2 than on MSD1: I suggest to try adding option -S to rsync, and see if that makes any difference. It might only affect the creation of new files, I'm unsure about that aspect.
