How to mirror only specified directories

2010-09-28 Thread Ian Skinner
I am trying to mirror only select directories from one server to another with rsync through its daemon mode. Server A /export /home /A-do /A-not /A-copy /das /htdocs /docs /em /htdocs /docs /psb /htdocs

Re: How to mirror only specified directories

2010-09-28 Thread Paul Slootman
On Tue 28 Sep 2010, Ian Skinner wrote: I am trying to mirror only select directories from one server to another with rsync through its daemon mode. Server A /export /home /A-do /A-not /A-copy /das /htdocs /docs /em

Re: How to mirror only specified directories

2010-09-28 Thread Ian Skinner
Yes, I just noticed that myself a left over artifact from the source I used as my base example. I'm still struggling to get just the directory(ies) that I want... -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options:

Re: How to mirror only specified directories

2010-09-28 Thread Henri Shustak
I'm still struggling to get just the directory(ies) that I want... You may find this http://tinyurl.com/rsync-exclude-all-include-some post to the LBackup mailing list helpful. The example listed (link above) revolves around specifying the root directory as the source and then specifying a

Re: recent discussion regarding 'checksums'

2010-09-28 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Mon, 2010-09-27 at 22:33 -0400, Benjamin R. Haskell wrote: But the flip side is that rsync is not a security tool. MD5 is fine for rsync for the same reason SHA-1 (which, as with all hashes, will eventually be broken) is fine for git: This gets a little off topic, but I /do/ want git to

Re: recent discussion regarding 'checksums'

2010-09-28 Thread Benjamin R. Haskell
On Tue, 28 Sep 2010, Matt McCutchen wrote: On Mon, 2010-09-27 at 22:33 -0400, Benjamin R. Haskell wrote: But the flip side is that rsync is not a security tool. MD5 is fine for rsync for the same reason SHA-1 (which, as with all hashes, will eventually be broken) is fine for git: This gets