On Mon 05 May 2008, rssrik wrote: > Thanks paul, > > but the requirement is to upload to the backup server (from database > server), > > "rsync -a --compare-dest=../$YESTERDAYS_BACKUP $TODAY $REMOTESOURCE > #change the src and dest"
As you don't show what you've put into those variables, notably $REMOTESOURCE (which you should have renamed REMOTEDESTINATION), the destination origin is probably one directory higher than you expect, hence the relative compare-dest goes wrong. I find it useful to explicitly end the destination with a slash (as I already showed). Also, how does "$YESTERDAYS_BACKUP" get determined if you have no access to the destination? You'll probably need to add a slash to $TODAY and the destination: rsync -a --compare-dest=../$YESTERDAYS_BACKUP $TODAY/ $REMOTEDESTINATION/ > > this command does not seem to work for me !! I mean that the whole file is > getting transferred ! How do you know? Show some stats. Paul Slootman -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
