RE: Rsync Auto Resume

2008-08-13 Thread Shane Uys
That works really well. After retesting, the --partial by itself also works. I must have overlooked it the first time. Is there any option for auto resume? I tried --timeout=1000 but it still terminates after 60s (when the internet drops). Thanks -Original Message- From: Matt McCutchen

Re: Rsync Auto Resume

2008-08-13 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 13:28 -0500, Shane Uys wrote: > I am trying to copy a 5GB file over the internet with two Win2003 > servers. The internet on ServerA occasionally drops the connection and > rsync terminates with error “connection reset by peer”. Is there a > way to keep alive, extend timeout

Re: Symlinks in source path with --relative

2008-08-13 Thread Phil Endecott
Matt McCutchen wrote: On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 13:01 +0100, Phil Endecott wrote: I have a fairly straightforward backup script that does something like this: cd / rsync -a --delete --relative home/phil/important backupserver:/backup/foo/ This was working fine and, for example, /home/phil/importan

Rsync Auto Resume

2008-08-13 Thread Shane Uys
I am trying to copy a 5GB file over the internet with two Win2003 servers. The internet on ServerA occasionally drops the connection and rsync terminates with error "connection reset by peer". Is there a way to keep alive, extend timeout or auto resume transfer? I tried using the --partial but it

Re: no backup for excluded files?

2008-08-13 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 16:19 +0200, Louis-David Mitterrand wrote: > I use rsync 3.0.2 for daily incremental backups: > > rsync -aAzHRxby -f '. -' --numeric-ids --delete-during --delete-excluded \ > --suffix='' --backup-dir=$BACKUP_ROOT/$BACKUP_HOST/${TODAY} \ > ${DESTINATION}$BACKUP

no backup for excluded files?

2008-08-13 Thread Louis-David Mitterrand
Hi, I use rsync 3.0.2 for daily incremental backups: rsync -aAzHRxby -f '. -' --numeric-ids --delete-during --delete-excluded \ --suffix='' --backup-dir=$BACKUP_ROOT/$BACKUP_HOST/${TODAY} \ ${DESTINATION}$BACKUP_ROOT/$BACKUP_HOST/current <<< $EXCLUDE_PATTERNS Sometimes I add

Re: Symlinks in source path with --relative

2008-08-13 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 13:01 +0100, Phil Endecott wrote: > I have a fairly straightforward backup script that does something like this: > > cd / > rsync -a --delete --relative home/phil/important backupserver:/backup/foo/ > > This was working fine and, for example, /home/phil/important/file1 was

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2008-08-13 Thread Jason A. Nunnelley
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Symlinks in source path with --relative

2008-08-13 Thread Phil Endecott
Dear Experts, I have a fairly straightforward backup script that does something like this: cd / rsync -a --delete --relative home/phil/important backupserver:/backup/foo/ This was working fine and, for example, /home/phil/important/file1 was copied to /backup/foo/home/phil/important/file1 on t