-h is just help. case matter did you mean -H??
On 14-05-03 07:28 AM, Joe S wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
