On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:43:32 +0000, Paul Stear wrote: > I use a script to perform backup to a connected usb harddisk and I have > noticed that it appears to be writing all files each time instead of > updating only the changes. I am wondering if rsync has changed. I > have read the man pages but am not quite sure if I understand it fully. > This is part of my script:- > $RSYNC \ > -Cvalu --delete-during --stats --progress --exclude '*Trash*' --exclude > '/home/paul/Programs' --exclude 'run' \ > --exclude 'test' --exclude 'media/' --exclude '/home/paul/video/' > --exclude 'mnt/' --exclude 'sys' \ > --exclude 'tmp' --exclude 'joan' --exclude 'backup' --exclude 'proc/' > --exclude 'log' \ > --exclude 'boot' --exclude 'dev/' --exclude 'lost+found' \ > / /mnt/external/MusicBackup ; > > Could someone who is more knowledgeable than me please review the above > and let me know what changes I need to make.
First of all, put all your excludes in a file and use --exclude-from filename, it makes thing much easier to read. What filesystem are you using on the target? If it is FAT, you may need to use --modify-window because of FAT's different timestamping. > One other question > I wanted to create the empty directories on the backup i.e. run, dev, > also directory links i.e. lib to lib64 Use --one-file-system instead of excluding /proc, /sys etc. It saves adding all those excludes and it creates the mount-points, because that are on the source filesystem. -- Neil Bothwick Ultimate memory manager; Windows, it manages to use it all..
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