On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 11:47 -0500, Mark Busby wrote: > I've been using rsync to back-up user files on samba shares. The idea was > to capture the file changes from day to day work, back all changes and new > files to a server with limited access. If someone wanted to delete the > files, there would be a back-up of their work. > > While checking logs the other day, I noticed that on the files on > the "backup server" where only a partial list of what users had in the > samba shares. Running the rsync transfer by hand after making backups, I > thought maybe I had a push-pull problem. Changing the command did transfer > the newer files to the backup server. But I found that while cleaning out > the group share that rsync is pushing old backup files into the samba > shares from the backup. > > I would like to keep the old files on the backup server, but not transfer > them back to the samba server. ie If a user deletes file "a.doc" from the > samba share, it remains in the backup server but rsync doesn't put it back > on the samba share.
It sounds like you want a one-way copy from the samba share to the backup server without the --delete option. Another option worth considering is to use a --backup-dir to move deleted files (and overwritten ones too) to a separate place on the backup server. > The backup server is running the rsync daemon. > The command I have been using from the samba share computer. > rsync -pavzW --stats [EMAIL PROTECTED]::back_up_daemon /samba_shares That command will copy from the backup server to the samba shares, which I think is the reverse of what you want. Try this instead: rsync -pavzW --stats /samba_shares [EMAIL PROTECTED]::back_up_daemon Matt -- 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
