On 29 Nov 2001, Ian Kettleborough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. How much memory does each file to be copied need. Obvisiouly I have too many > files.
Hard to say exactly. On the order of a hundred bytes per file. > 2. Why does this command work: > > rsync -ax /usr/xx /backup/usr/ > > > when: > > rsync -ax /usr/xx/ /backup/usr/ > > refuses to create the directory xx in /backup/usr and copies > the contents of the directory to /backup Actually that's a feature not a bug: /usr/xx means "the directory xx" so it creates /backup/usr/xx /usr/xx/ means "the contents of xx" so it copies the contents directly into /backup/usr/ without creating an xx destination directory. Just use whichever one is appropriate. -- Martin
