rsync hangs after counting some file list

2008-09-28 Thread Ravi Thati
Hi All, I have written script to download a directory from remote machine which contains the always the updated data. I want to download that directory onto my local machine periodically with --link-dest option to my old download directory. I have automated the script using " expect scripting"

Re: Does "--link-dest" option supports link to remote backup server?

2008-09-28 Thread Wayne Davison
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 03:39:06PM +0800, Zhiming Zhou wrote: > rsync -a --link-dest=/remote/old /tmp/myfile [EMAIL > PROTECTED]::backup/remote/new As long as remote/old is a path inside the backup module, and is on the same filesystem as the remote/new path inside the backup module, it should wo

Re: Does "--link-dest" option supports link to remote backup server?

2008-09-28 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Sun, 2008-09-28 at 15:39 +0800, Zhiming Zhou wrote: > Today I have a remote rsync server, I suppose the "--link-dest" option > should also works in remote server, so I use rsync like this: > > rsync -a --link-dest=/remote/old /tmp/myfile > [EMAIL PROTECTED]::backup/remote/new > > and "/remote/

Does "--link-dest" option supports link to remote backup server?

2008-09-28 Thread Zhiming Zhou
Hello everyone: I keeps using rsync to backup my files on my laptop from one folder to another, and to reduce disk usage, so I use "--link-dest" option for incremental backup like this: *rsync -a --link-dest=/local/old /tmp/myfile /local/new* And "/local/old" is backuped some days ago, I use "--