You can use rsync --write-batch (and write-batch-only). Justin
On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 02:33:22PM -0700, Dan Stromberg wrote: > I wonder if rdiff would do this nicely...? > http://librsync.sourcefrog.net/doc/rdiff.html > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 12:33 AM, Benjamin Ward <b...@forward.net.au> 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 > > > -- > 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 -- 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
