Re: --compare-dest weirdness

2010-07-20 Thread Henri Shustak
> the -i shows that most are being copied due to time differences, so in > theory -t should work? This does in fact work on a little test setup > on my work laptop, i will test it properly when i get home tonight. I am glad that the -t option is working with your test. If you decide to use LBa

rsync algorithm

2010-07-20 Thread hce
Hi, I am learning rsync mechanism. My understanding is that rsync reads a file into multiple chunks and calculates every byte for MD5 and rolling checksum for each chunk.. On the other side of file system, it compares two checksums for each chunk in the same file to decide if two files are equal o

How to block this fiel name from being transfered via rsync?

2010-07-20 Thread dwhs
1272574453.H315376P30969.dwhs38.dwhs.net,S=1859 I tried *.*.dwhs38.dwhs.net,* *.*.dwhs38.dwhs.net But it still transfers. Also if there is a tutorial on blocking rsync files please let me know. Thanks, Charles www.ezlinuxadmin.com - Chaze http://www.charlesyarbrough.com My Blog | DWH

Re: --compare-dest weirdness

2010-07-20 Thread Kevin Murray
Hi Henri Thanks very much. LBackup looks good, but i need a solution which only copies files which have changed, and does not link the others, as the folder is destined for a tar archive. Also, the copied files must be fully functional, i.e. must be whole files, not just differences like rdiff. th

Re: Rsync sequence

2010-07-20 Thread Henri Shustak
> Can I just list them one after the other like so in crontab -e You may wish to also consider using a single rsync command : rsync -auv --delete \ /Godfather/Documents \ /Godfather/Setups \ /Godfather/Pictures \ /Godfather/Backups \ /Godfather/Videos \ /Backup # backup destination With this app

RE: Rsync sequence

2010-07-20 Thread McGraw, Robert P
I have one script that has multiple rsync to a backup server. I do not want them all running at the same time but I want to be sure that they all complete. What I do is use the sh wait command link rsync . & rsync . & Wait rsync . & rsync . &

Re: Rsync sequence

2010-07-20 Thread Paul Slootman
On Mon 19 Jul 2010, dschuett wrote: > allow for a more efficient backup. I know I could just run them at different > times in the same night, but I don't want to chance one not completing > before the other starts. Can I just list them one after the other like so in > crontab -e: > > # m h dom m