Re: rsync for directory and files structures only

2007-03-15 Thread Wayne Davison
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 10:44:08AM +0200, Nick A Gordun wrote: > I am looking for to only sync directories and files structures only, > without coping any data within files... You can sync just directories by excluding everything else. In a modern rsync, that is this filter option, which says to

rsync --delete is not deleting

2007-03-15 Thread Hedley J. Phillips
Hi, wondering if someone can help. I have googled for this and scoured the man page, but have got no further. I am running rsync 2.6.6 on windows and am finding it doesn't delete files from the target. For example my batch file has: rsync -av --delete /cygdrive/G/SAN_ARRAY/XPP_Data/alljobz/ /

RE: Problem with shared xls file. Could it be blamed on rsync?

2007-03-15 Thread Tony Abernethy
Microsoft tends to write its intentions into the directory and then eventually write the file contents to the file itself. Rsync depends on the directory contents not being premature. Shared files: (This assumes the Windows stuff is same as DOS.) The stuff for what portions of the file are locked

Re: Problem with shared xls file. Could it be blamed on rsync?

2007-03-15 Thread JamesDR
syncro wrote: > Hi all! > > I recently had a problem with a shared excel file which was rsynced from the > file- to the backupserver. The backups of this file went wrong and I can't > figure out why. The whole rsync and dump to tapes works like charm for a few > month now. > The situation was as f

Problem with shared xls file. Could it be blamed on rsync?

2007-03-15 Thread syncro
Hi all! I recently had a problem with a shared excel file which was rsynced from the file- to the backupserver. The backups of this file went wrong and I can't figure out why. The whole rsync and dump to tapes works like charm for a few month now. The situation was as followed. That xls lived (an

rsync for directory and files structures only

2007-03-15 Thread Nick A Gordun
Hi all, I am looking for to only sync directories and files structures only, without coping any data within files... Is there a switch/trick available for this in rsync? Thanks for any suggestions. -- Sincerely, Nick A Gordun mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe or change o