How to delete files older than X on backup during sync?

2008-11-08 Thread Thomas von Eyben
Hi list, I have been reading MAN pages and listarchives, but not found the answer to my question though I am sure it must be possible to acheive my wish. I wish to use rsync to create a backup BUT only keep the files for a limited period of time, EG two weeks. I have not yet been able to figure o

rsync for the brave

2008-11-08 Thread Ashley M. Kirchner
Anyone here run rsync on a Win32 platform? I know, I'm a glutton for pain. Anyway, I'm using 'cwrsync' on one system to copy files from a local drive (F:) to a mapped (network) drive (Y:). The problem I'm having is with that infamous 'Network Trash Folder'. I can't get it to ignore it on t

Re: Differential backup

2008-11-08 Thread Henri S
As Matt pointed out, the rsync "--backup-dir" option will do exactly what you requested. However, you may also be interested in the "--link-dest" option. This rsync "--link-dest" option is used by LBackup. This option instructs rsync to create hard links for files which have not changed. The r

Re: v3.0.4 OS X Execution Errors

2008-11-08 Thread Henri S
>The strange thing is that the manual indicates that the command -- >rsync-path= is related to the program to be run on the remote >machine. In my case there is no remote machine, since I experiment >with backing up on one local disk As Jonathan pointed out, you may need to specify t

Re: Differential backup

2008-11-08 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 20:11 +0100, misiek wrote: > I have got three folders: > - /home/backup/2008-10-20 - place for differential backup > - /mnt/for_backup - folder with files for backup > - /home/backup/2008-10-01 - place where the last full backup is > > My question: is below command prepared c

Differential backup

2008-11-08 Thread misiek
Hello, I have got three folders: - /home/backup/2008-10-20 - place for differential backup - /mnt/for_backup - folder with files for backup - /home/backup/2008-10-01 - place where the last full backup is My question: is below command prepared correctly to make differential backup? rsync -avPb

Re: v3.0.4 OS X Execution Errors

2008-11-08 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 15:04 +0100, Yves Petronin wrote: > I was interested by this compilation on OSX 10.4. I followed the same > Bombich instructions, and I thought I was successful, since I have > found the following in the /usr/local/bin directory with today's date: > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root

v3.0.4 OS X Execution Errors

2008-11-08 Thread Yves Petronin
Thanks The strange thing is that the manual indicates that the command -- rsync-path= is related to the program to be run on the remote machine. In my case there is no remote machine, since I experiment with backing up on one local disk I used to use a relatively simple comman

Re: v3.0.4 OS X Execution Errors

2008-11-08 Thread Jonathan S. Abrams
Yves Petronin wrote: I was interested by this compilation on OSX 10.4. I followed the same Bombich instructions, and I thought I was successful, since I have found the following in the /usr/local/bin directory with today's date: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 1011412 Nov 8 14:46 rsync Hovever w

v3.0.4 OS X Execution Errors

2008-11-08 Thread Yves Petronin
I was interested by this compilation on OSX 10.4. I followed the same Bombich instructions, and I thought I was successful, since I have found the following in the /usr/local/bin directory with today's date: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 1011412 Nov 8 14:46 rsync Hovever when I perform the c

Re: v3.0.4 OS X Execution Errors

2008-11-08 Thread Henri S
I agree with Matt it looks like the old version is still in use. If you would like to run backups with rsync on Mac OS X, then you may be interested in LBackup. Once you have rsync working it is just a matter of dropping LBackup in place. Also, LBackup manages rsync paths from within a backup con