rsync transferring identical files

Hi all, I have set up a backup system which is syncing files between a linux based file server and a remote server on the internet. After doing an initial rsync with the following command: rsync -a --delete --numeric-ids --relative --delete-excluded -- exclude=*__software* --exclude=*.App

Re: rsync gui?

Hi, You can try NasBackup it give you rsnc GUI for Windows http://www.nasbackup.com Regards, Milutin Voinivich Pär Moberg wrote: Hi rsync-ers I woulder if there is a good gui for rsync that works in windows? and why dosen't rsync compile under MinGW? Best Regards Pär Moberg, Sweden -

Linux backup to Windows hard drive and restore using rsync?

Hi, I want to backup my Linux system to remote Windows hard drive. Rsync can’t create softlink and preserve the EXT3 permission on the windows NTFS. My question is, in case of disaster I want to restore the whole / /var /usr partitions. Will the following restore steps will end in viable Linux