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| + | Rsync may be used for various purposes and you should check around for proper documentation. <br> | ||
| + | <B>This page is a memo sheet for us here, where rsync is used to create a mirror copy of a disk or a directory, i.e. we use it for backup</b> | ||
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*for some reason first directory (SOURCE) should be written with a trailing slash and second (TARGET) without (?) | *for some reason first directory (SOURCE) should be written with a trailing slash and second (TARGET) without (?) | ||
*use -n for 'dry run', especially if usign --del (to check what is to be _deleted_ on destination (TARGET)) | *use -n for 'dry run', especially if usign --del (to check what is to be _deleted_ on destination (TARGET)) | ||
| − | *do delete <i>.Trash .. Recycled</i> and similar stuff before copying, or exclude it | + | *do <b>delete <i>.Trash .. Recycled</i></b> and similar stuff before copying, or exclude it |
*delete or exclude large files worthy of deleting (boring divx movies) beforehand, as large files slow the whole affair | *delete or exclude large files worthy of deleting (boring divx movies) beforehand, as large files slow the whole affair | ||
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| − | rsync - | + | rsync -avrin <b>--del</b> SOURCE/ TARGET > for_me_to_review_in_detail.txt |
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| + | if all seems fine then run rsync as shown bellow (logging does not happen with -n)<br> | ||
| + | maybe you do not need <b>--del</b> after all? | ||
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| + | rsync -avri <b>--del</b> --log-file=logname.txt SOURCE/ TARGET | ||
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| + | *with excluded directories it looks like | ||
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| + | rsync -avri --exclude /Recycled/ --exclude '/.Trash*' /<b>--del</b> --log-file=logname.txt SOURCE/ TARGET (to be tested) | ||
-a archive mode<br> | -a archive mode<br> | ||
-v verbose<br> | -v verbose<br> | ||
-r recursive<br> | -r recursive<br> | ||
| + | -i output summary (may not need -v verbose then?) | ||
==links== | ==links== | ||
*http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/ mailing list / forum | *http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/ mailing list / forum | ||
*google "man rsync" | *google "man rsync" | ||
Latest revision as of 11:50, 4 October 2011
Rsync may be used for various purposes and you should check around for proper documentation.
This page is a memo sheet for us here, where rsync is used to create a mirror copy of a disk or a directory, i.e. we use it for backup
- for some reason first directory (SOURCE) should be written with a trailing slash and second (TARGET) without (?)
- use -n for 'dry run', especially if usign --del (to check what is to be _deleted_ on destination (TARGET))
- do delete .Trash .. Recycled and similar stuff before copying, or exclude it
- delete or exclude large files worthy of deleting (boring divx movies) beforehand, as large files slow the whole affair
rsync -avrin --del SOURCE/ TARGET > for_me_to_review_in_detail.txt
if all seems fine then run rsync as shown bellow (logging does not happen with -n)
maybe you do not need --del after all?
rsync -avri --del --log-file=logname.txt SOURCE/ TARGET
- with excluded directories it looks like
rsync -avri --exclude /Recycled/ --exclude '/.Trash*' /--del --log-file=logname.txt SOURCE/ TARGET (to be tested)
-a archive mode
-v verbose
-r recursive
-i output summary (may not need -v verbose then?)
links
- http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/ mailing list / forum
- google "man rsync"
