This is the command I used: rsync -avrh --numerical-ids /home/joe /media/backup/
--numerical-ids is the only mistake I can see. /media/backup is a second drive that I used for backup. I've used rsync for a number of years and never had a problem before. On Fri, 02 May 2014 22:50:22 -0600 Bogi <khan...@shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi Joe, > You should post your complete command line. -avrh does not > designate a deletion of files, --numeric-ids only designates > how to transfer the ids of the owner in terms of user and > group, the default is username and group name, otherwise, it > will transfer the numeric values of userid and groupid. Still > no indication to delte originals. So please post the full > command line so we can replicate the problem. > > Cheers > Sam > > On May 2, 2014 Friday 21:00:02 Joe S wrote: > > I did a backup with rsync today and had a problem. I used > > this command: rxync -avrh /home/joe /media/backup/ > > I realized --numerial-ids should have been numeric-ids, but > > a little to late. Rsync only copied some of the files over > > and erased a lot of my installation in /home and / . I had > > to reinstall. My question is why wouldn't rsync complain if > > the option was wrong? Or was this something else that is a > > problem? > > > > Thanks > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > clug-talk@clug.ca > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
