Re: gnu --target-dir, how to fake with rsync?

2009-10-09 Thread Sam
On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 11:42:06PM +, Andrew Gideon wrote: > On Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:47:54 -0400, Sanjeev Sharma wrote: > > > They added the option to get cp & mv working well with xargs > > What happened to the -I option to xargs? This permits one to do the > replacement anywhere on the c

Re: gnu --target-dir, how to fake with rsync?

2009-10-09 Thread Andrew Gideon
On Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:47:54 -0400, Sanjeev Sharma wrote: > They added the option to get cp & mv working well with xargs What happened to the -I option to xargs? This permits one to do the replacement anywhere on the command line being repeated. - Andrew -- Please use reply-all for mo

Re: Filter file: selected directories only

2009-10-09 Thread rsync
Well, I must say that this must by bone by rsync. That's because I'm creating small automation system, part of it is rsync-based. Yes, I can write "rm -r dirB/dir2", but this will break consitency of the whole system and removes some features that I need. I do need to delete dirs and files by rsyn

Re: rsync, --sparse and VM disk images

2009-10-09 Thread Ryan Malayter
From: Bas Bahlmann || Steady IT Systeembeheer > I am using rsync for my customers to have disaster recovery off-site > with files from a VMware Server (under Linux). All works very well, but > when I defragment the VM's (once a week) or Exchange defragments it's > datastore the disk layout changes

rsync, --sparse and VM disk images

2009-10-09 Thread Chris Dew
Hi Bas, I'm not sure if this is of interest, but I also had issues with VM disk-image sparse-files (in my case KVM, rather than VMWare), which I've now resolved. http://www.finalcog.com/rsync-vm-sparse-inplace-kvm-vmware All the best, Chris Dew. P.S. Apologies for any breach of etiquette - I