Difference between revisions of "Rsync"
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*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 | ||
*to keep backup on TARGET disk and have deleted files delete also on backup disk | *to keep backup on TARGET disk and have deleted files delete also on backup disk | ||
| + | rsync -avrn --del SOURCE/ TARGET | ||
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rsync -avr --del SOURCE/ TARGET | rsync -avr --del SOURCE/ TARGET | ||
Revision as of 08:12, 28 May 2009
- 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
- to keep backup on TARGET disk and have deleted files delete also on backup disk
rsync -avrn --del SOURCE/ TARGET
rsync -avr --del SOURCE/ TARGET
-a archive mode
-v verbose
-r recursive
links
- http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/ mailing list / forum
- google "man rsync"
