From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 1 22:27:52 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04C17106567A for ; Sat, 1 Mar 2008 22:27:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from raggen@passagen.se) Received: from av9-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (av9-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net [81.228.9.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 367078FC1D for ; Sat, 1 Mar 2008 22:27:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from raggen@passagen.se) Received: by av9-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id D2D3837EED; Sat, 1 Mar 2008 23:04:26 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp3-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (smtp3-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net [81.228.9.102]) by av9-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5A0B37E8E; Sat, 1 Mar 2008 23:04:26 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.1.31] (90-230-141-139-no41.tbcn.telia.com [90.230.141.139]) by smtp3-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D9AC37E44; Sat, 1 Mar 2008 23:04:25 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <47C9D2E1.9010306@passagen.se> Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:04:17 +0100 From: Roger Olofsson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gary Kline References: <20080301021803.GA26930@thought.org> <20080301032550.GA15588@saraswathy.madambakam.org> <200803011336.57193.kline@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <200803011336.57193.kline@thought.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rsync X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:27:52 -0000 Gary Kline skrev: > On Friday 29 February 2008 19:25:50 Girish Venkatachalam wrote: >> On 18:18:06 Feb 29, Gary Kline wrote: >>> Is there a flag I can set to use with rsync to backup every file of >>> /usr/home/* [here on my FBSD desktop] to my Ubuntu desktop that has >>> only /home/*?? >>> >>> Of course, I could always create /usr/home on my other computers. ... >> Your question is not clear to me. >> >> I use >> >> $ rsync -avzp --delete /usr/home/* /home >> >> if that is what you are looking for. > > What does the "--delete" do?! I want to make a complete copy of, say, > /usr/home/kline/* from here [tao] to my Ubuntu server, ethos, which has > a "/home" mountpoint--- in otheer words: /home/kline/*. If the > "--delete /usr/home* /home" syntax will let rsync rewrite /usr/home to /home, > then fine. > > gary > >> -Girish >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > --delete makes sure that if you delete a file on the source, it's also deleted on the mirror. (Tip for those that use rsync to backup Windows machines to FreeBSD - You will most likely have to use --ignore-errors if you are syncing to/from windows machines with --delete.) Just my nickels worth. /R