I see 2 entries in man rsync. I thought that was the first. -h, --human-readable output numbers in a human-readable -h, --help show this help (if used after --daemon)
On Sat, 03 May 2014 10:15:24 -0600 caziz <ca...@cuug.ab.ca> wrote: > -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 _______________________________________________ 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
