Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 25/06/10 13:34, Craig White wrote: >> should work if you can ping it
> Also, someone suggested using "rsync" [which I asked about several > days ago and got no response?] > > The message suggesting rsync was received in t-bird on the "new" > computer [box9] and when I ran: > > [b...@box9 ~]$ rsync -av b...@box6:/home/bobg/.thunderbird . try; [b...@box9 ~]$ rsync -a -r -v b...@box6:/home/bobg/.thunderbird/ ./ you must have '/' at end of each path. > The message was lost. This does a fine job of making both sets of > mail files the same, effectively replacing the box9 files with the > box6 mail files which was what I wanted to do in the first place. > But now I would also like to keep the existing messages and add to > box9 any new messages that box6 has collected. [b...@box9 ~]$ rsync -a -r -u -v b...@box6:/home/bobg/.thunderbird/ ./ '-u' is update files. -- peace out. tc,hago. g . **** in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it. to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look* at it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ ****
signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature
-- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
