rsync -av /src/ /dst/ && touch /dst/done That should do it as the touch only happens if rsync exits with a code of 0. If you need to consider other non zero exit code, it is still doable, just a bit more shell code.
There are surely other options as well, but this is probably the most simple. On Apr 28, 2015 3:47 AM, "Simon Hobson" <li...@thehobsons.co.uk> wrote: > As part of my backup system, I use Rsync to keep a copy of each server on > one central backup server. This backup server then uses StoreBackup to keep > multiple iterations of each clone directory. > So that the StoreBackup archives don't keep adding "redundant" and > misleading backups, I update a flag file with the current date/time before > doing the Rsync update, and test to see if this file is newer than the one > in the latest StoreBackup backup. If it isn't, then I skip the StoreBackup > for that server. > > The end result is that if a system is down or out of communication (one or > two are at sites that can be offline for days), then the list of backups in > StoreBackup will reflect that. Eg, if the system did a sync on the 1st, but > not on 2nd - 5th, then there will be no backups for 2nd-5th, and when > looking later I won't be "fooled" into thinking that I have a backup from > (say) the 4th. > > Where this breaks down is if the sync fails part way through. The flag > file has already been synced, so I have multiple backups which aren't > actually complete. > I actually have this at the moment. Just put a small system on a customer > site, it has a database that creates 1GB journal files (not that it handles > anything like that volume of data), and at the moment their connectivity is > a bit flakey. > > My first thought was "do the flag file last", but a quick search confirms > what I thought - that there isn't an option for this. > > So, does anyone have any suggestions how I might reasonably easily get the > ability for my script to see if the previous sync completed ? > > > -- > 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 >
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