Rsync shouldn't exit completely in that situation, is that what you're saying it did? I do expect that it would fail to copy files that are in the process of being modified as they're copied, but it should continue on to the rest.
- Dave On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 10:22:12AM -0500, John Madden wrote: > I'd suggest you proceed with caution. I had implemented rsync as a backup > solution until I found out that it dies if you try to backup files that > get moved. (So if a user moves/deletes a file while your backup is > running, it'll fail.) > It is, however, great for static files. > > > I would like to get some opinions on a backup method using rsync. I > > already have a script written to mirror the data over to a backup > > script from a cron that is run every night. I've also been tempted to > > use the "--delete" option to keep everything up to date on the backup > > server. However, this is probably a bad idea in the event my data is > > deleted from the "/home" directory (just as an example) before the cron > > runs. When the cron runs and this isn't noticed before hand, the > > "/home" directory on the backup server will probably be whiped out as > > well, correct? So, do all you that use rsync as a backup method not > > use the "--delete" option, or do you keep maybe a separate weekly > > backup safe somewhere else. Of course, we do have our data center > > making tape backups of the backup server as well, but let's assume we > > didn't. Thank you! > > > > -- > John Madden > UNIX Systems Engineer > Ivy Tech State College > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > 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
