Hi,
I couldn't figure out how to get rsync 2.4.6 to do this, so I added a
--ignore-existing option that ignores existing files on the destination
system (patch attached with this mail). It would be helpful to know if
there's a canonical way of doing this (ie. without having to patch rsync).
bes
> I think the --update option does what you want.
According to the documentation:
"--update: This forces rsync to skip any files for which the destination
file already exists and has a date later than the source file."
I don't want to compare timestamps; if a file exists on the destination
syst
I've been using a combination of find/tar to do incremential backups
on my server, but if there is any change to huge files, I have to
include the whole file in the backup.
It would be nice to have a way to store just the changes (like rsync
apparently calculates) instead of the whole file (like
I think the --update option does what you want.
On Sat, 13 Oct 2001, Vipul Ved Prakash wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to transfer only those files that don't exist on the remote
> system? That is, I don't want to update common files even when the local
> system has new versions of common files.
Hi,
Is there a way to transfer only those files that don't exist on the remote
system? That is, I don't want to update common files even when the local
system has new versions of common files.
best,
vipul.
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I want to sync the web directory from my production server to my
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