Hello, I'm trying to use rsync to periodically restore a test computer from a master disk image on a separate partition. The first time I copy the data from the master partition to the target partition, everything works as expected. But if I do the operation again, rsync indicates that it is copying lots of files that have not changed. More significantly, the disk usage on the target volume gradually increases throughout the operation until the disk fills up and rsync quits.
I understand the use of the in-place option, but I don't think that would help in my case. I'm not seeing a temporary increase in disk usage during copies, which then goes away when the copied file replaces the original. Rather, I'm seeing a cumulative increase in disk usage that eventually exceeds the total size of my files. What's puzzling is that I can't figure out where all this data is going. After the sync operation quits, I don't see duplicate files anywhere. The disk is full, but the sizes of my directories are what they should be. I'm running Mac OS 10.4.8, and I've encountered the same behavior with the bundled version 2.6.3, the version 2.6.0 binary included with rsyncx, and the current version 2.6.9 that I downloaded and compiled today. Here's my rsync command: /usr/local/bin/rsync --progress -aEv --delete --recursive --exlude-from "/Users/compyschool/Library/Scripts/nightly restore - exclusions.txt" "/Volumes/Compy 1 master/" "/Volumes/Compy 1" Is this behavior familiar to anyone? Can you see anything wrong with my command that might be causing it? Thanks in advance for your help. -Arlo _______________________________ Arlo Leach 773.769.6106 http://arlomedia.com Find. Be Found. http://www.newwhitepages.com -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
