Re: RsyncX error code 12?
If you're looking for another application, I suggest Chronosync. It has the highest level of control over what gets backed up and how of any backup software I've ever used. Chance On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 1:48 PM, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: Hi all I'm in the process of setting up RsyncX to do incremental backups of my movie and music files. So right out of the box I get an error code 12. Any one know what this is telling me? Is there a better application for this. I'm doing this over my LAN. CCC wont do it yet, or maybe I should say I don't know how:-) Yorba Linda USA Sent from my MBP -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: RsyncX error code 12?
At 10:48 AM -0700 7/4/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I'm in the process of setting up RsyncX to do incremental backups of my movie and music files. So right out of the box I get an error code 12. Any one know what this is telling me? It's telling you that it doesn't like you, or it's a bad build. Is there a better application for this. I'm doing this over my LAN. CCC wont do it yet, or maybe I should say I don't know how:-) Use CCC. It will let you select/exclude any set of folders and copy them to another volume, and schedule that. The help files are pretty good... ...CCC uses rsync to do it's work. It is a custom build, with bug fixes. Definitely worth using. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: RsyncX error code 12?
On Jul 4, 2010, at 11:19 AM, Dan wrote: At 10:48 AM -0700 7/4/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I'm in the process of setting up RsyncX to do incremental backups of my movie and music files. So right out of the box I get an error code 12. Any one know what this is telling me? It's telling you that it doesn't like you, or it's a bad build. Is there a better application for this. I'm doing this over my LAN. CCC wont do it yet, or maybe I should say I don't know how:-) Use CCC. It will let you select/exclude any set of folders and copy them to another volume, and schedule that. The help files are pretty good... ...CCC uses rsync to do it's work. It is a custom build, with bug fixes. Definitely worth using. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. I would use CCC in a heart beat but it doesn't work to a drive on another machine, that's where I keep all my itunes librarys and movie .iso files. Unless I'm missing something here, that's why I choose RsyncX is because it allows backups over a network. It works for me some times but the error code 12 has m e screwed up. John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA Sent from my MBP -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: RsyncX error code 12?
At 2:19 PM -0400 7/4/2010, Dan wrote: At 10:48 AM -0700 7/4/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I'm in the process of setting up RsyncX to do incremental backups of my movie and music files. So right out of the box I get an error code 12. Any one know what this is telling me? It's telling you that it doesn't like you, or it's a bad build. Um... My note file has a couple of comments about rsync. I'm too lazy to verify the info right now, but... fwiw... There are been releases of rsync leave you with corrupted files. RsyncX, that I find when I google, is from 2004! LONG before many updates etc! Is there one newer than 2.1? I recall reading on Bombich's site/forums (he's the author of CCC), that they used backup-bouncer to test CCC, and the *patched* rcync it includes, to verify that it WORKS. IMO doing any large scale file manipulations - copy, backup, etc - using outdated tools is a BAD IDEA. FWIW, - Dan. ps. Happy 4th of July! Check out Google's home page today! http://www.google.com/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: RsyncX error code 12?
On Jul 4, 2010, at 11:37 AM, Dan wrote: At 2:19 PM -0400 7/4/2010, Dan wrote: At 10:48 AM -0700 7/4/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I'm in the process of setting up RsyncX to do incremental backups of my movie and music files. So right out of the box I get an error code 12. Any one know what this is telling me? It's telling you that it doesn't like you, or it's a bad build. Um... My note file has a couple of comments about rsync. I'm too lazy to verify the info right now, but... fwiw... There are been releases of rsync leave you with corrupted files. RsyncX, that I find when I google, is from 2004! LONG before many updates etc! Is there one newer than 2.1? I recall reading on Bombich's site/forums (he's the author of CCC), that they used backup-bouncer to test CCC, and the *patched* rcync it includes, to verify that it WORKS. IMO doing any large scale file manipulations - copy, backup, etc - using outdated tools is a BAD IDEA. FWIW, - Dan. ps. Happy 4th of July! Yeah you're right RsuncX 2.1 is the latest AFAIK so I need to scout an application or connct the drives directly to the working machine, Bummer. Finder drag will have to do for now. John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA Sent from my MBP -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: RsyncX error code 12?
ChronoSync works great with network volumes, btw. Chance Sent from my iPhone On Jul 4, 2010, at 2:29 PM, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: On Jul 4, 2010, at 11:19 AM, Dan wrote: I would use CCC in a heart beat but it doesn't work to a drive on another machine, that's where I keep all my itunes librarys and movie .iso files. Unless I'm missing something here, that's why I choose RsyncX is because it allows backups over a network. It works for me some times but the error code 12 has m e screwed up. John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA Sent from my MBP -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: RsyncX error code 12?
At 11:29 AM -0700 7/4/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I would use CCC in a heart beat but it doesn't work to a drive on another machine, that's where I keep all my itunes librarys and movie .iso files. Unless I'm missing something here, that's why I choose RsyncX is because it allows backups over a network. It works for me some times but the error code 12 has m e screwed up. Ok. I missed your over the LAN comment in your OP. But also in your OP you say you want a ***BACKUP***. CCC *will* backup files over AFP. It simply creates a sparse disk image on the destination. If your intention is to SYNCHRONIZE the files on both computers, so each computer contains the same files and those files are equally accessible with iTunes etc then use ChronoSync. It has an up-to-date build of rsync in it. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: RsyncX error code 12?
On Jul 4, 2010, at 12:11 PM, Dan wrote: At 11:29 AM -0700 7/4/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I would use CCC in a heart beat but it doesn't work to a drive on another machine, that's where I keep all my itunes libraries and movie .iso files. Unless I'm missing something here, that's why I choose RsyncX is because it allows backups over a network. It works for me some times but the error code 12 has m e screwed up. Ok. I missed your over the LAN comment in your OP. But also in your OP you say you want a ***BACKUP***. CCC *will* backup files over AFP. It simply creates a sparse disk image on the destination. If your intention is to SYNCHRONIZE the files on both computers, so each computer contains the same files and those files are equally accessible with iTunes etc then use ChronoSync. It has an up-to-date build of rsync in it. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. Well I guess I miss spoke (that's kinda the fashion nowadays) I want the libraries and DVD file accessible to all my machines so I want synchronized copies on one of my machines other than the working machine, if that makes sense that way if I add something on any box I can sync all the kids:-) John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA Sent from my MBP -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: RsyncX error code 12?
At 12:34 PM -0700 7/4/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I want the libraries and DVD file accessible to all my machines so I want synchronized copies on one of my machines other than the working machine, if that makes sense that way if I add something on any box I can sync all the kids:-) Why so many copies? Why not just designate one machine as your server and treat it like a NAS -- mount its volumes on your other machines. How big are said libraries? Perhaps a service like Dropbox would work. In addition to stashing stuff (encrypted) in Amazon's cloud, it automatically keeps things sync'd on every machine connected. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: RsyncX error code 12?
On Jul 4, 2010, at 12:48 PM, Dan wrote: At 12:34 PM -0700 7/4/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I want the libraries and DVD file accessible to all my machines so I want synchronized copies on one of my machines other than the working machine, if that makes sense that way if I add something on any box I can sync all the kids:-) Why so many copies? Why not just designate one machine as your server and treat it like a NAS -- mount its volumes on your other machines. How big are said libraries? Perhaps a service like Dropbox would work. In addition to stashing stuff (encrypted) in Amazon's cloud, it automatically keeps things sync'd on every machine connected. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. The libraries are all around 1.5 TB up also there are a few of them.The server idea is kinda what I'm doing I got real tired of all those damn externals all over the place so I'm now using a PM G5 Dual 2.7 with 10 TBs to do the storage But most of the time I use the MBP or one of the Cubes to work with I want to be able to sync from where ever I am at the time. I tried the Mobile Me thing but way too slow. I,m at the moment giving Cronosync a try like Chance recommended maybe it will do the trick. I have a lot of machines that I use in any given day, mostly because I can, and it gives me something to do on the weekends fixing WIFU during the week.:-) John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA Sent from my MBP -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: RsyncX error code 12?
At 1:15 PM -0700 7/4/2010, John Carmonne wrote: On Jul 4, 2010, at 12:48 PM, Dan wrote: At 12:34 PM -0700 7/4/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I want the libraries and DVD file accessible to all my machines so I want synchronized copies on one of my machines other than the working machine, if that makes sense that way if I add something on any box I can sync all the kids:-) Why so many copies? Why not just designate one machine as your server and treat it like a NAS -- mount its volumes on your other machines. How big are said libraries? Perhaps a service like Dropbox would work. In addition to stashing stuff (encrypted) in Amazon's cloud, it automatically keeps things sync'd on every machine connected. The libraries are all around 1.5 TB up also there are a few of them. A bit big and expensive for Dropbox then. :) The server idea is kinda what I'm doing I got real tired of all those damn externals all over the place so I'm now using a PM G5 Dual 2.7 with 10 TBs to do the storage But most of the time I use the MBP or one of the Cubes to work with I want to be able to sync from where ever I am at the time. I tried the Mobile Me thing but way too slow. I,m at the moment giving Cronosync a try like Chance recommended maybe it will do the trick. I have a lot of machines that I use in any given day, mostly because I can, and it gives me something to do on the weekends fixing WIFU during the week.:-) Lemme know how it goes with ChronoSync. I've heard good things about it. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: RsyncX error code 12?
-- Bruce On Jul 4, 2010, at 11:54 AM, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: Yeah you're right RsuncX 2.1 is the latest AFAIK so I need to scout an application or connct the drives directly to the working machine, Bummer. Finder drag will have to do for now. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: RsyncX error code 12?
On Jul 4, 2010, at 11:54 AM, John Carmonne wrote: Yeah you're right RsuncX 2.1 is the latest AFAIK so I need to scout an application or connct the drives directly to the working machine, Bummer. Finder drag will have to do for now. OS X has rsync built in, RsyncX is merely a GUI shell for an old version. rsync on the mac works perfectly well. I've written an rsync script that backs up a specific directory to a network volume; then I used Platypus http://www.sveinbjorn.org/platypus to make it a GUI app. Platypus is extremely useful for things like this. Unfortunately it's on my machine somewhere at work and I can't find it right now. -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: RsyncX error code 12?
On Jul 4, 2010, at 1:38 PM, Dan wrote: At 1:15 PM -0700 7/4/2010, John Carmonne wrote: On Jul 4, 2010, at 12:48 PM, Dan wrote: At 12:34 PM -0700 7/4/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I want the libraries and DVD file accessible to all my machines so I want synchronized copies on one of my machines other than the working machine, if that makes sense that way if I add something on any box I can sync all the kids:-) Why so many copies? Why not just designate one machine as your server and treat it like a NAS -- mount its volumes on your other machines. How big are said libraries? Perhaps a service like Dropbox would work. In addition to stashing stuff (encrypted) in Amazon's cloud, it automatically keeps things sync'd on every machine connected. The libraries are all around 1.5 TB up also there are a few of them. A bit big and expensive for Dropbox then. :) The server idea is kinda what I'm doing I got real tired of all those damn externals all over the place so I'm now using a PM G5 Dual 2.7 with 10 TBs to do the storage But most of the time I use the MBP or one of the Cubes to work with I want to be able to sync from where ever I am at the time. I tried the Mobile Me thing but way too slow. I,m at the moment giving Cronosync a try like Chance recommended maybe it will do the trick. I have a lot of machines that I use in any given day, mostly because I can, and it gives me something to do on the weekends fixing WIFU during the week.:-) Lemme know how it goes with ChronoSync. I've heard good things about it. - Dan. The ChronoSync application seems to be working as expected over my LAN. I would like to see a progress bar like CCC has, maybe it has one I just need to poke around a little. The application has a nice way of selecting what and and where you want the sync to take place. It has a lot of pretty cool options as to how specific you want to get with this. John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA From my MBP -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: RsyncX error code 12?
That's why I like ChronoSync. I use it to copy just the music and movies from my ~600GB iTunes library to a 160GB portable drive. On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 6:37 PM, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: The application has a nice way of selecting what and and where you want the sync to take place. It has a lot of pretty cool options as to how specific you want to get with this. John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA From my MBP -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: RsyncX error code 12?
On Jul 4, 2010, at 3:42 PM, Chance Reecher wrote: That's why I like ChronoSync. I use it to copy just the music and movies from my ~600GB iTunes library to a 160GB portable drive. On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 6:37 PM, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: This will allow me to have a travel HDD I can take with me and keep everything up to date. A lot of times I go somewhere give out some DVDs or some music but I may pick up some and others may put some on my drives, this way no sweat just very easily sync. This will also do a great job on a lot of other stuff. Thanks Chance for the recommend. John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA Sent from my MBP -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: RsyncX error code 12?
On Jul 4, 2010, at 3:42 PM, Chance Reecher wrote: That's why I like ChronoSync. I use it to copy just the music and movies from my ~600GB iTunes library to a 160GB portable drive. This will allow me to have a travel HDD I can take with me and keep everything up to date. A lot of times I go somewhere give out some DVDs or some music but I may pick up some and others may put some on my drives, this way no sweat just very easily sync. This will also do a great job on a lot of other stuff. Thanks Chance for the recommend. John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA Sent from my MBP -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list