John Van Essen wrote: > On Sun, 12 Mar 2006, Matias Surdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm running the following command for a remote host backup: >> >> /usr/local/bin/rsync -a --delete --delete-excluded -v --timeout=120 -z >> --no-whole-file -partial --partial-dir .rsync-partial --exclude=/sys/* > [ snip ] > > BTW, you are using "-partial", not "--partial". > > By using "-partial", you are invoking individual -p -a -r -t -i -a -l > options. > > But you don't want to use --partial, anyway, because --partial-dir is > an alternative (not a supplement) to --partial. > >> I've specified the --no-whole-file, -partial and --partial-dir.... ¿Why >> rsync can't continue the transfer instead of deleting it and starting >> again and again???? > > Quoting the 2.6.7 man page for --partial-dir: > > If the partial-dir value is not an absolute path, rsync will > add an exclude rule at the end of all your existing excludes. > This will prevent the sending of any partial-dir files that may > exist on the sending side, and will also prevent the untimely > deletion of partial-dir items on the receiving side. An example: > the above --partial-dir option would add the equivalent of > "--exclude=.rsync-partial/" at the end of any other filter rules. > > Since you use --delete-excluded, you are running afoul of an unforseen > consequence of this little kludge, and your .rsync_partial directory > gets deleted despite rsync's efforts to protect it. > > If the receiving side content is changed only by rsync, and you don't > add additional --exclude arguments, then once you run a successful > rsync with --delete-excluded, that argument is no longer needed since > the receiving side will have had all the excluded content removed. > So try running without --delete-excluded until a better fix for this > problem can be developed. > > John >
Thanks for replying so fast. I'm going to try it. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
