-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I wasn't objecting to the use of multiple file systems. I have a bunch of them too. I was objecting to the use of partitions to achieve multiple files systems. Logical volume management has been available for a long time and now we also have access to file systems that include such features.
On 07/26/2014 04:06 AM, Paul Slootman wrote: > On Sat 26 Jul 2014, Kevin Korb wrote: >> >>> I just moved my home partition to a new harddisk w/more space. >> >> Home Partition? Are we in 1995? Why would you have a partition >> mounted anywhere other than /boot ? > > Didn't we just have this discussion already recently? There are > valid reasons to have separate filesystems. My /home is encrypted, > the rest isn't. I have a separate XFS filesystem as I find that the > best option for handling really large files. > > The relevancy of the separate filesystem to the question isn't > clear to me either, so why bring it up? > > >>> my $rcmd = [$Rsync]; push( @$rcmd, qw( --8-bit-output --acls >>> --archive --hard-links --human-readable --no-inc-recursive >>> --one-file-system --prune-empty-dirs --whole-file --xattrs ), >>> "--compare-dest=$base_lvh->fs_mp/."); > > Transferring with --compare-dest? I thought that the data was > being moved from one filesystem to another, that seldomly calls for > usage of --compare-dest. It seems to me that the perl script being > used is meant for another purpose, and it's being used > inappropriately here. Why not just use rsync directly? That way > maybe we here on the mailing list can make sense of what's actually > happening. Otherwise take it up with the author of that script. > > > Paul > - -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Kevin Korb Phone: (407) 252-6853 Systems Administrator Internet: FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) Orlando, Florida k...@sanitarium.net (personal) Web page: http://www.sanitarium.net/ PGP public key available on web site. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlPUEM8ACgkQVKC1jlbQAQcuWgCfW6bqFMXNbC9dX8ZadtqZB0cF IEYAn2zzfWlOySKPrzn4DjSc7ElUc4he =9LaA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html