That may well be. I'll have another go tonight and let it run overnight. Thanks for the advice.
On Mon, 4 Mar 2002 20:50:33 -0500 (EST) Tom Diehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Carl Flippin wrote: > > > > > I'm trying to use rsync to mirror an entire FreeBSD 4.5 server. This includes the > > kernel and quite a few other system level files. As one might expect, rsync hangs > > when it tries to copy the kernel file. Has anyone had success with this kind of > > setup? > > Are you REALLY sure it is hung?? I rsync the bulk of the Red Hat site > every 6 hours. This is also what I used for the initial whack and it > worked flawlessly. It can look hung but in my experience it is just > working it's magic. > > Also FWIW I also do a partial of kernel.org (the 2.2 and 2.4 tree + people) > so I am doing kernel updates every night. > > here is my command line: > # rsync -avH --partial --delete --delete-excluded --exclude-from=$EXCLUDE_FILE \ > path_to_source_tree/ destination. > > HTH, > > -- > ......Tom CLUELESSNESS: There Are No Stupid Questions, But > [EMAIL PROTECTED] There Are LOTS of Inquisitive Idiots. :-) > > > > -- > To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
