I partitioned a 1 TG usbdrive as ext3, mounted it as /usbmem and entered
the command rsync -r / /usbmem. The tranfer proceeded with many
messages "skipping non-regular file 'foo'". Eventually the transfer
hung up with some messages "file has vanished 'foo'". I aborted with a
ctl-c. df -h reporte
On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:39:33 -0400
"Thomas H. George" wrote:
> I partitioned a 1 TG usbdrive as ext3, mounted it as /usbmem and entered
> the command rsync -r / /usbmem. The tranfer proceeded with many
> messages "skipping non-regular file 'foo'". Eventually the transfer
> hung up with some mes
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 12:11 AM, wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:39:33 -0400
> "Thomas H. George" wrote:
>
>> I partitioned a 1 TG usbdrive as ext3, mounted it as /usbmem and entered
>> the command rsync -r / /usbmem. The tranfer proceeded with many
>> messages "skipping non-regular file 'foo'
On 22/07/11 00:39, Thomas H. George wrote:
I partitioned a 1 TG usbdrive as ext3, mounted it as /usbmem and entered
the command rsync -r / /usbmem. The tranfer proceeded with many
Isn't this going to go recursive?
Since usbmem is another file system the -x flag should prevent this.
Also as a
> Alan Chandler writes:
> On 22/07/11 00:39, Thomas H. George wrote:
>> I partitioned a 1 TG usbdrive as ext3, mounted it as /usbmem and
>> entered the command rsync -r / /usbmem.
BTW, there's a convention of using /mnt for temporary mounts.
[…]
> Isn't this going to go recu
"Thomas H. George" writes:
> I partitioned a 1 TG usbdrive as ext3, mounted it as /usbmem
> [...]
>
> My object had been to backup everything before moving from Squeeze to
> Wheezy
>
> Any Suggestions?
There isn't much point in using rsync since you're neither copying to a
remote host, nor can y
On 20110722_142620, lee wrote:
> "Thomas H. George" writes:
>
> > I partitioned a 1 TG usbdrive as ext3, mounted it as /usbmem
> > [...]
> >
> > My object had been to backup everything before moving from Squeeze to
> > Wheezy
> >
> > Any Suggestions?
>
> There isn't much point in using rsync sin
> Paul E Condon writes:
> On 20110722_142620, lee wrote:
[…]
>> There isn't much point in using rsync since you're neither copying
>> to a
> ^^
> If the copy job fails 3/4 way thru, one can pick up the pieces and
> continue using rsync. So even if it is a one time
Ivan Shmakov writes:
>> Paul E Condon writes:
>> On 20110722_142620, lee wrote:
>
> […]
>
> >> There isn't much point in using rsync since you're neither copying
> >> to a
>
> > ^^
>
> > If the copy job fails 3/4 way thru, one can pick up the pieces and
> > continue
Paul E Condon writes:
> On 20110722_142620, lee wrote:
>>
>> There isn't much point in using rsync since you're neither copying to a
> ^^
> If the copy job fails 3/4 way thru, one can pick up the pieces and
> continue using rsync. So even if it is a one time job, it is worth
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