Paul Smith wrote on Saturday 27 September 2008: Hi Paul! > I have often to synchronize a directory from my computer to a pen > drive. To accomplish this, I use the following command: > > rsync -urva --delete /home/psmith/mydirectory/ > /media/MYPEN/mydirectory/ Which messages do you see and what mount options are used for mounting the FAT partition? I've tried your scenario and I get messages like this: rsync: chgrp "/media/USBDRIVE/." failed: Operation not permitted (1) Generally using -a on ext[23] -> FAT transfers is not a good idea, because -a implies -rlptgoD (according to man-pages) but FAT does not support user or group information, links or devices I suppose a simplier "rsync -rtv" should accomplish what you need. You might even want to try unison - it can synchronise two folders in both directions, copying newest files from one directory to its counterpart. -- bye, Adalbert network packets travelling uphill (use a carrier pigeon) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
