Re: Data corruption check

2007-09-20 Thread Fabian Cenedese
At 08:12 19.09.2007 -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote: >On 9/18/07, Fabian Cenedese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I was wondering what happens if a file that is regularly synched but >> seldom changes gets corrupted in the copy. > >On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 09:23:28AM +0200, Fabian Cenedese wrote: >> I was

Re: Data corruption check

2007-09-19 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On 9/18/07, Fabian Cenedese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was wondering what happens if a file that is regularly synched but > seldom changes gets corrupted in the copy. On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 09:23:28AM +0200, Fabian Cenedese wrote: > I was asking because I'm responsible for our backups. The >

Re: Data corruption check

2007-09-19 Thread Matt McCutchen
On 9/19/07, Fabian Cenedese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the explanations. That means that -l and -c are not > usable together as they contradict themselves, right? Correct. I tested with rsync 2.6.9 and it appears that if you use both, -c overrides -I. > I guess if I first made a nor

RE: Data corruption check

2007-09-19 Thread Tony Abernethy
Fabian Cenedese wrote: > At 15:15 18.09.2007 -0400, Matt McCutchen wrote: > >On 9/18/07, Fabian Cenedese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I was wondering what happens if a file that is regularly > synched but > >> seldom changes gets corrupted in the copy. > > > >Are you referring to rsync writing

Re: Data corruption check

2007-09-19 Thread Fabian Cenedese
At 15:15 18.09.2007 -0400, Matt McCutchen wrote: >On 9/18/07, Fabian Cenedese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I was wondering what happens if a file that is regularly synched but >> seldom changes gets corrupted in the copy. > >Are you referring to rsync writing corrupted data to the destination >fil

Re: Data corruption check

2007-09-18 Thread Matt McCutchen
On 9/18/07, Fabian Cenedese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was wondering what happens if a file that is regularly synched but > seldom changes gets corrupted in the copy. Are you referring to rsync writing corrupted data to the destination file or a problem with the destination filesystem or disk

Data corruption check

2007-09-17 Thread Fabian Cenedese
Hi I was wondering what happens if a file that is regularly synched but seldom changes gets corrupted in the copy. As it seldom (or never) changes the mod time will always be the same. But if the content changes (bit flip, bad HD...) will rsync get this and synch it again? Would I need the -c (cr