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the rest is pretty much what I said I just spelled them out so they would be easier to lookup. You can also add a --delete if you want to see what is missing the dry run prevents it from actually deleting anything. On 08/01/13 02:32, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: > my switches are -ain at this point the problem though is its > working but copying them to the same host. I need to test copying > to a remote host > > rsync -ain -e "ssh" "$LOCALDIR" "$REMOTEDIR" > > > On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 8:29 AM, Kevin Korb <k...@sanitarium.net > <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net>> wrote: > > That is only showing new files in a new directory. The rest > depends on the rest of your command line. For instance if you had > --ignore-existing you would never see a changed file. For a > difference list I would probably use --archive --itemize-changes > --dry-run and probably not much else. > > On 08/01/13 02:24, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: >> this is what im getting currently as a test im running > >> cd+++++++++ syncDir/ >>> f+++++++++ syncDir/rsync-3.0.6-1.aix5.3.ppc.rpm f+++++++++ >>> syncDir/vim-common-6.3-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm f+++++++++ >>> syncDir/vim-enhanced-6.3-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm > >> does this mean that nothing has changed? > > > >> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Kevin Korb <k...@sanitarium.net > <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net> >> <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net>>> wrote: > >> If you are just looking for a list of what is different then >> yes. > >> On 08/01/13 02:21, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: >>> so Rsync would be a better solution in this case? > >>> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 8:20 AM, Kevin Korb <k...@sanitarium.net > <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net> >> <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net>> >>> <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net> > <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net>>>> wrote: > >>> lsyncd is for real time syncing. Whenever something gets >>> changed it would spawn an rsync to update the other copy. > >>> On 08/01/13 02:18, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: >>>> At this point im debating if rsync is the right tool. I am >>>> trying to determine if lsyncd which is based on rsync would >>>> do the trick. > > >>>> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 8:15 AM, Kevin Korb >>>> <k...@sanitarium.net > <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net> >> <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net>> >>> <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net> > <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net>>> >>>> <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net> > <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net>> >> <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net> > <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net>>>>> wrote: > >>>> I don't know if conflicting is really the right word but it >>>> is a list of differences. I wouldn't bother with the >>>> snapshot unless you are going to process the list and then do >>>> the real sync. > >>>> On 08/01/13 02:10, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: >>>>> I was thinking of using an lvm snapshot. all i really need >>>>> is just a list of the conflicting files to be emailed in a >>>>> report. > > >>>>> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Kevin Korb >>>>> <k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net> >> <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net>> >>> <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net> > <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net>>> >>>> <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net> > <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net>> >> <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net> > <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net>>>> >>>>> <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net> > <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net>> >> <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net> > <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net>>> >>> <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net> > <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net>> >> <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net> > <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net <mailto:k...@sanitarium.net>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>> It would tell you what rsync would have done without the >>>>> --dry-run and why it would have done it. But it can't >>>>> guarantee that nothing will change between the dry run and >>>>> the real run. Of course if your source is a snapshotted >>>>> filesystem that won't matter. > >>>>> On 08/01/13 01:59, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: >>>>>> I am in the process of writing a script on some testing >>>>>> machines and I am wondering if having it perform a dry >>>>>> run and itemized the items if it would provide a list of >>>>>> differences such as file size and name etc conflicts > >>>>>> -- Jonathan Aquilina > > > >>>>> -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting >>>>> the mailing list. 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