compare a directory with itself -- differences found

2010-08-31 Thread Pen Helm
well, when I tell rsync to compare my home directory with itself, it reports many differences. I'm using rsync version 3.0.7 protocol version 30. I was hoping to use it to verify my backup. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change op

Re: compare a directory with itself -- differences found

2010-09-02 Thread Henri Shustak
> well, when I tell rsync to compare my home directory with itself, it reports > many differences. > > I'm using rsync version 3.0.7 protocol version 30. > > I was hoping to use it to verify my backup. What kind of differences are reported. Also are you using the the --check-sum option for

Re: compare a directory with itself -- differences found

2010-09-02 Thread Pen Helm
What kind of differences are reported. here's a small sample:[I said something like rsync ~ ~] cd+ /Users/ cd+ /Users/pen/ f+ /Users/pen/A f+ /Users/pen/B f+ /Users/pen/Desktop DB f+ /Users/pen/Desktop DF f+ /Users/pen/backup_excludes

Re: compare a directory with itself -- differences found

2010-09-02 Thread Henri Shustak
I think an important question is what kind of differences do you need to check with regards integrity of your copy / backup? In addition, I suggest that you actually use rsync to copy the data to a separate directory and then compare two different directories. The reason I suggest this is beca

Re: compare a directory with itself -- differences found

2010-09-02 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 16:22 -0700, Pen Helm wrote: > >What kind of differences are reported. > > here's a small sample:[I said something like rsync ~ ~] > > cd+ /Users/ > cd+ /Users/pen/ > >f+ /Users/pen/A > >f+ /Users/pen/B > >f+ /Users/pen/Desktop DB