Hi,
Just a quick question. I am looking for a replacement for the command "cp
-al" which has problems dealing with a massive amount of files
(http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2003-12/msg00028.html).
Could I use "rsync -aHr" to do _exactly_ the same thing as "cp -al"?
I just want to
Max Kipness wrote:
>> Another option is to upgrade to the CVS version (available in
>> the near future as version 2.6.0) and use the --files-from
>> option to specify your files (since it already parses the
>> names one per line).
>
> Charles,
>
> Based on what was just said above, I am using Ba
Wayne Davison wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 08:08:53PM -0600, Max Kipness wrote:
>> Based on what was just said above, I am using Bash version 2.05b.0(1),
>> and no extra configs for splitting are necessary as it splits
>> appropriately at the end of the line.
>
> No, bash splits on all whites
Wayne Davison wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 08:08:53PM -0600, Max Kipness wrote:
>> Based on what was just said above, I am using Bash version 2.05b.0(1),
>> and no extra configs for splitting are necessary as it splits
>> appropriately at the end of the line.
>
> No, bash splits on all whites
Max Kipness wrote:
>> Anything I could do besides trying to escape the space or
>> putting the whole directory between double quote?
>
> Not sure what the problem is. Could it be an OS issue? I noticed a
Max,
I am using Gentoo 1.4.
Thanks!
Charles
> difference in general with the way Redhat
Wayne Davison wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 09:05:50AM +0900, Charles Nadeau wrote:
>> backup=`cat /etc/snapshot/include.text`
>> rsync -va [...] $backup $backuproot/$type.1/
>
> This is entirely a shell issue -- the shell you are using is splitting
Wayne,
Here is the
Max Kipness wrote:
>> > I am trying to rsync folders/files hosted on a Windows machine to a
>> > Linux machine. Many of the directory names have spaces in them.
>> > How can I list them in a file so that the --include-from option use
>> > them correctly?
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > Charles
>>
>> try\
Mike wrote:
> Charles Nadeau wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to rsync folders/files hosted on a Windows machine to a
>> Linux machine. Many of the directory names have spaces in them.
>> How can I list them in a file so that the --include-from option
Hello,
I am trying to rsync folders/files hosted on a Windows machine to a
Linux machine. Many of the directory names have spaces in them.
How can I list them in a file so that the --include-from option use
them correctly?
Thanks!
Charles
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