Re: rsync to completely mirror an entire machine

2006-02-06 Thread George Georgalis
On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 12:37:35PM -0700, Christer Edwards wrote: >Is it safe to just rsync [remote]:/ [local];/ ? Would the /dev or >other folders cause issues with this? Would it be safer to implement >a more detailed rsync script excluding certain areas? As already mentioned, there are some i

Re: rsync to completely mirror an entire machine

2006-02-04 Thread Christoph Biedl
Christer Edwards wrote... > Is it safe to just rsync [remote]:/ [local];/ ? Would the /dev or > other folders cause issues with this? Would it be safer to implement > a more detailed rsync script excluding certain areas? If you're using Linux (you didn't show or tell) you should indeed exclude

Re: rsync to completely mirror an entire machine

2006-02-04 Thread Eberhard Moenkeberg
Hi, On Sat, 4 Feb 2006, Christer Edwards wrote: I do apologize if this has been discussed previously. Looking thru some of the archives I wasn't able to clearly answer my question, only find bits & pieces. Situation: I have a web & mail server (production) and a backup machine. The two mach

RE: rsync to completely mirror an entire machine

2006-02-04 Thread Tony
Christer Edwards wrote: > > I do apologize if this has been discussed previously. Looking thru > some of the archives I wasn't able to clearly answer my question, only > find bits & pieces. > > Situation: > I have a web & mail server (production) and a backup machine. The two > machines are nea