> Any one else use rsync?
I used it recently to back up a directory tree on one hard drive to another.
Yuri
> Any one else use rsync?
For many years. I use it for every copying operation, even on local
disk. It does all of cp and scp plus heaps extra, basically it leaves
the rest for stone dead. The only time I use it in server mode is when
syncing my Linux updates. I keep on being surprised about how m
yes, thats the whole point of it i guess :-)
On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Philip
Charles wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Nick Rout wrote:
>
> >
> > On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:58:30 +1200
> > Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > It uses double the space that the file takes up, as it makes a
On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Nick Rout wrote:
>
> On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:58:30 +1200
> Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> It uses double the space that the file takes up, as it makes a temporary
> file while it is rsyncing, then changes the name of the temp file at the
> end.
>
> So if you
there was a useful rsync article in the last two LJ's
you do not need a server going to rsync a file from one place ot another.
you can use it like scp and you can do it securely using ssh:
rsync -vv -e ssh ./thegoods.tgz far.system.com:~
it will ask for your password on far.system.com then diff
On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:58:30 +1200
Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> All the Gentooists use it all the time to keep the list of packages up to
> date. It comes from the Samba stable, so it works very well indeed, but needs
> a huge amount of free disc space to use as a work area.
At 13:57 31/03/2003, you wrote:
I get very furstrated with knoppix and there minor
releases every couple of days or even daily. Its good
because the systme is uptodate, its bad becuase its
another 650mb download!
I am going to try there rsync servers, using the
following idea.
http://cybercfo.gkmw
On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 13:57, Mahesh De Silva wrote:
> I get very furstrated with knoppix and there minor
> releases every couple of days or even daily. Its good
> because the systme is uptodate, its bad becuase its
> another 650mb download!
>
> I am going to try there rsync servers, using the
> follo
I get very furstrated with knoppix and there minor
releases every couple of days or even daily. Its good
because the systme is uptodate, its bad becuase its
another 650mb download!
I am going to try there rsync servers, using the
following idea.
http://cybercfo.gkmweb.com/rsync-mandrakeiso.html
