if you add rsync --delete option then rsync will delete remote files as you describe. For the safety of your files, maybe you should consider enabling snapshots or do some safeguarding with your mirror scripts.
It would be unfortunate to loose all the NAS backup files just because you accidentally deleted your USB drive or forgot to mount it or something .... Hope it helps, T On Friday, July 08, 2016 11:46:24 PM John Jason Jordan wrote: > I have just successfully set up a Synology DiskStation NAS device with > one 6TB drive on my home ethernet. This was not a trivial matter, as > I had never done this before and I know little about networking. > > I also have a 5TB USB 3.0 drive attached to my laptop with presently > ~3TB of files on it. I wish to sync the USB drive to the NAS drive > nightly. During the day files are frequently added to and sometimes > deleted from the USB drive. My goal is for the NAS drive to be like a > mirror; if a file is deleted from the USB drive it should be deleted > from the NAS drive. I am thinking that rsync is the tool for this, but > maybe not. Rsync keeps old files even if deleted from the source > because it is designed for backups, but that is not what I want. > > Is rsync the right tool for this, or not? If not, what? Maybe just use > cp command with options not to copy files if they are already there? > Suggestions welcome. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
