On Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:59:43 GMT Eric Chadbourne <eric.chadbou...@icloud.com> wrote:
> This is the command I ended up running: > > sudo rsync -a --delete -exclude= > {"/dev/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/tmp/*","/run/*","/mnt/*","/media/*","/lost > +found"} / /media/eric/USB1TB/ So... most of that exclude bit can be subsumed by "-x" (don't cross filesystem boundaries). You need to replicate hard links correctly: -H Depending on your data you may also need to treat sparse files efficiently: -S Feedback is good so you can see what is going on. Be verbose: -v Show progress: -P sudo rsync -avxHPS / /media/eric/USB1TB/ -- Rich Pieri _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss