there are two ways to make two directories identical with rsync. run it both directions run it in the direction you want the changes to move in, and use --delete to remove things on the destination that aren't on the source. The first one has the disadvantage that nothing ever goes away, unless you manually remove things on both sides. The second one has the disadvantage that anything added on the destination goes away. The second way is the more rsync-suited solution. Trying to maintain two disconnected copies of a file structure, allowing concurrent changes on both ends, is non-deterministic. sure, you could use -u, and get just the newest changes, but what about the changes made on the other end at the same time?
unison (http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/) is safer for that sort of work. It uses some of rsync's optimizations, but is time-aware, I think. If something has changed on both sides since the last sync, the change is not propogated, and comes up in an exception list of some sort, for manual reconciliation. Tim Conway [EMAIL PROTECTED] reorder name and reverse domain 303.682.4917 office, 303.921.0301 cell Philips Semiconductor - Longmont TC 1880 Industrial Circle, Suite D Longmont, CO 80501 Available via SameTime Connect within Philips, caesupport2 on AIM "There are some who call me.... Tim?" Tito Ciuro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/02/2002 02:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Tim Conway/LMT/SC/PHILIPS) Subject: Synchronizing two folders Classification: Hello, I'm quite new to rsync, and after reading and checking some examples I still have a question regarding synchronization: What arguments should I use if I want to synchronize two folders? I need to make sure that after synchronization, contents on each side are the same. If I have new files in folder #2, these aren't copied to folder #1 after the process. It only passes files one way (folder #1 --> folder #2) Any ideas? Thanks so much, -- Tito -- 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
