On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 23:22 +0100, Simao M wrote: > I am running rsync version 2.6.9 under Ubuntu 8.04. > > I am trying to backup a NTFS partition to another hard drive formated > as NTFS, using the --delete option, since I want a differential > backup. > > The problem is that rsync first deletes all files on the backup disk > and then copies everthing again. > > I am using the following command and it still doesnt work, and also > tried without the --size-only and --modify-window=1 option.s > > rsync --stats --modify-window=1 --size-only --dry-run -aruvv > --progress --delete /media/sda1/Documents\ and\ Settings/simao/ > /media/sda1/work/ /media/truecrypt6/backup/
This might be an NTFS-related case or character set problem. Please pass -i and send a representative portion of the output so we can see what is going on. 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
