Re: compare a directory with itself -- differences found

2010-09-02 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 16:22 -0700, Pen Helm wrote: > >What kind of differences are reported. > > here's a small sample:[I said something like rsync ~ ~] > > cd+ /Users/ > cd+ /Users/pen/ > >f+ /Users/pen/A > >f+ /Users/pen/B > >f+ /Users/pen/Desktop DB

Re: compare a directory with itself -- differences found

2010-09-02 Thread Henri Shustak
I think an important question is what kind of differences do you need to check with regards integrity of your copy / backup? In addition, I suggest that you actually use rsync to copy the data to a separate directory and then compare two different directories. The reason I suggest this is beca

Re: compare a directory with itself -- differences found

2010-09-02 Thread Pen Helm
What kind of differences are reported. here's a small sample:[I said something like rsync ~ ~] cd+ /Users/ cd+ /Users/pen/ f+ /Users/pen/A f+ /Users/pen/B f+ /Users/pen/Desktop DB f+ /Users/pen/Desktop DF f+ /Users/pen/backup_excludes

Re: compare a directory with itself -- differences found

2010-09-02 Thread Henri Shustak
> well, when I tell rsync to compare my home directory with itself, it reports > many differences. > > I'm using rsync version 3.0.7 protocol version 30. > > I was hoping to use it to verify my backup. What kind of differences are reported. Also are you using the the --check-sum option for

Re: OSX 10.6.4 error with -R option

2010-09-02 Thread Henri Shustak
>> I have had reports of problems with the -R option on OSX 10.6.4. >> >> Just tested it myself and found this odd result: >> >> When I run this >> >> "dtruss -f path/to/rsync -aHAXNR --fileflags --force-change >> --protect-decmpfs --stats -v /Users/astrid/Documents/main.m >> /Users/astrid/

Re: Minimize log file: get rid of ".d...p..... send"

2010-09-02 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 11:38 +0200, hans.tro...@telfort.nl wrote: > I'm just starting with rsync, googled and experienced a lot, but get stuck > with > minimizing the log-file: I only want to see the "real" changes: new, updated > and > deleted files/directories in the log-file. > The LOG-file alway

Minimize log file: get rid of ".d...p..... send"

2010-09-02 Thread hans . troost
I'm just starting with rsync, googled and experienced a lot, but get stuck with minimizing the log-file: I only want to see the "real" changes: new, updated and deleted files/directories in the log-file. The LOG-file always contains a lot of lines like: 2010/08/31 20:19:01 [24573] .d...p. send