Hi g; On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 04:04 +0000, g wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > William Case wrote: > > Hi; I have just discovered to my chagrin that my rsync backup script > > has not being updating my dot files (/.foo). > > > > My script is 'rsync -auH --del > > --filter=-_/home/bill/.dbus /home/bill/ /backup/bill/'. ^ a typo /home/bill/ is on sdb8 while /backup/bill/ is mounted on sda5 (LABEL=backup) Unless I missed something, they should be different names as far as rsync is concerned. > > > > > What should it be? > > > > Regards Bill > > > > this is one [shortest] of many rsync scripts that has been working along with > rest over several years. > > #!/bin/sh > ### fn= rs.hda1 > ## use= run rsync backup of hda6 to hda1 > echo "syncing hda6 to hda1" > rsync -a -u -v /hd/a/06/ /hd/a/01/ > /hd/a/00-rs.syoa.`date +%Y.%m%d.%H%M.%S` > My rsync doesn't seem much different. Your -v is verbose, my -H is a hard link -- (probably don't need it). > i am curious as to your '--filter=' as you are showing '-_' before filter path, > and you are directing source to destination of *same name*. this in it self can > cause you problems as they are same, therefore they are already synced. > > you should try a different destination. > > hth. good luck. [SNIP] -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
