This might be an issue for a two-way synchronization tool, but not for
rsync because rsync is stateless. It decides what needs to be copied
based on a simple comparison of the source and destination, not by
keeping any information in the source or destination about what copies
may have been perfo
On Fri, 2007-12-28 at 09:48 -0800, pichi wrote:
> OK thanks for your reply, but it leads me to think of how rsync works. I
> don't need a huge answer but how will server A (target) know that it has
> rsync(ed) with server B if this is the first time they have talked? I mean
> when I reinstall the
>That's more an installation question than an rsync question...
OK thanks for your reply, but it leads me to think of how rsync works. I
don't need a huge answer but how will server A (target) know that it has
rsync(ed) with server B if this is the first time they have talked? I mean
when I rei
On Fri 28 Dec 2007, pichi wrote:
> I have a Debian Etch server (Server A) running Rsync 2.6.9. In Server A I
> have a second hard drive mounted where I rsync data (about 400 GB) from
> server B.
>
> Server A needs to be rebuilt because I didnt partition it correctly and for
> other reasons I wont
