On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 19:07 +0100, Andrew Hodgson wrote: > Is there anything I need to be aware of before doing this? I started > the script this morning, but it was still building the file list after > around 15 minutes. Is it better to do it using several points, then > when I have the structure on the other machine I can then do the whole > tree in one go? Will the complete file list need to be sent across > each time I run the program?
Yes, rsync will send the complete file list each time it runs. It seems odd to me that building the file list would take 15 minutes; when I back up the system partition of my computer (300,000 files) rsync takes perhaps 5 minutes to build the file list. I don't think using several points would be better or worse than doing it all at once, just more complicated. > > - /bin/ > + /binbackup/bin/ > - /binbackup/** > I want to exclude the bin directory and anything in the binbackup > directory apart from the bin directory within. The third filter will match /binbackup/bin/foo and cause it to be excluded, which isn't what you want. You can do this: - /bin/ + /binbackup/bin/ - /binbackup/* > That way, the third filter does not exclude /binbackup/bin/foo. /binbackup/bar/baz is technically included, but since /binbackup/bar is excluded, rsync never even goes inside it. Or you can do this: - /bin/ + /binbackup/bin/*** - /binbackup/** The second filter overrides the third one and causes /binbackup/bin and everything inside to be included. Matt -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
