Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> [11-08-01 15:12]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > > > Hi, > > > > I have to old (technical identical) harddisks formerly used for backup > > purposes. They contain each a different set of files -- the > > partitioning is identical. Both disks are nearly filled. > > > > The harddisk in my PC has more free space (they contain a totally > > different system than the old disks!) > > You might be able to make use of rsync's flag: --compare-dest=DIR > > I've done something like this way back but not sure the flag above is > the correct one. > > However rsync does have the capability to compare more than one > heirarchy before moving data... just not sure that is the proper flag. > > Try `man rsync' and see if that looks like it will help? > > If that isn't clear... then I recommend the rsync list on gmane. I've > found many times, that list is very helpful. > >
Hi Harry, thank you very much for your help and infos! :) Best regards, mcc
