-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have never actually used it personally but --only-write-batch can do that.
On 09/27/12 03:33, Benjamin Ward wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I'm trying to archive to a remote host but the size of the data to > copy is prohibitively large to consider doing the sync over the > wire (it's TBs of raw video), so i was wondering if it was possible > to use a usb attached storage device as the transport medium. > > Is it possible for rsync to compare the two systems (over the > network) finding any newer or different files on the local system > as compared to the remote archive (ignoring local deletes), then > copy only those new/differences to a locally attached portable > drive so that the portable drive can be physically taken across > town to the other system, plugged in and then the new data be > ingested so that a subsequent rsync between the the two systems > would see those files as synchronised? > > I thought the --compare-dest option might be the way to go, as per > this post: > > http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2006-June/015827.html > > but it seems to not behave the way i thought it would. > > Thanks in advance, and apologies if I'm asking a bleeding obvious > question. :) > > Kind regards, Ben > > > > - -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Kevin Korb Phone: (407) 252-6853 Systems Administrator Internet: FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) Orlando, Florida k...@sanitarium.net (personal) Web page: http://www.sanitarium.net/ PGP public key available on web site. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlBkgY4ACgkQVKC1jlbQAQesmACgleHk921/Shg7AIqQ/KknIXmW 0HwAn3LlIDWQKvyNioECqfVkCNWRSnUP =4kBs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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
