Re: Synching text files.

2003-10-28 Thread jw schultz
On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 10:52:08PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 11:15:31AM +1000, Donovan Baarda wrote: > > > > It will find matching blocks at arbitrary byte offsets. > > > > Think of the original file as a sequence of fixed sized blocks. > > Inserting or deleting a single

Re: Synching text files.

2003-10-28 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 11:15:31AM +1000, Donovan Baarda wrote: > > It will find matching blocks at arbitrary byte offsets. > > Think of the original file as a sequence of fixed sized blocks. > Inserting or deleting a single byte "breaks" that block so it no longer > matches, but rsync will match

Re: rsync problem

2003-10-28 Thread Hardy Merrill
See below. Jose Cheng [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm trying to backup partition "/users1" on host "john" > onto partition "backup1" on host "mary". > > Here is my rsyncd.conf: > To separate your rsync server log messages into their own file, add this line to your rsyncd.conf at t

rsync problem (2)

2003-10-28 Thread Jose Cheng
Sorry, I forgot to say in my previous message that I'm using rsync 2.5.5-4 on RedHat 9 hosts. -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

rsync problem

2003-10-28 Thread Jose Cheng
Hello, I'm trying to backup partition "/users1" on host "john" onto partition "backup1" on host "mary". Here is my rsyncd.conf: [backup1] path = /backup1 use chroot uid root gid root auth users = backup secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets strict modes = true hosts allow =

Copying whole disks (was: Need some help please)

2003-10-28 Thread Andy Henson
Richard, You probably don't need rsync, but need dd: dd if=/dev/master of=/dev/slave This will move the entire disk contents of /dev/master to /dev/slave. Probable name under RH 7.3 are /dev/hda for the master. You should double check the name of the slave before running the command, or you c

Re: Need some help please.

2003-10-28 Thread jw schultz
On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 02:23:20AM -0500, Webmaster of rcrrich.com wrote: > Hi, > > I have a little problem and I am trying hard to understand but > it is very hard when you get to my age and truly when things change so fast > it just keeps getting harder to keep up but I am trying. Wh

Need some help please.

2003-10-28 Thread Webmaster of rcrrich.com
Hi, I have a little problem and I am trying hard to understand but it is very hard when you get to my age and truly when things change so fast it just keeps getting harder to keep up but I am trying. What I need to do is by using a ssh shell to my server redhat 7.3 and running rsync to