Am 24.11.2012 22:01, schrieb Bob Goodwin - Zuni: > On 24/11/12 15:42, Matthew Miller wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 09:29:08PM +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: >>> if would use rsync instead of scp for many reasons >>> rsync -ztPrlHpogEAX bobg@box8:/home/bobg/ /run/media/bobg/Simple/Box8BkU/ >> >> +1 to using rsync. Although, instead of that alphabet soup, I would just use >> "rsync -avP" adding H and X if necesary for hardlinks and xattrs only if >> there's anything special in your source. The "a" stands for "archive" and >> includes most everything else. "v" is for verbose. And "P" does two things: >> prints status updates, and transfers files in a way that can be continued >> automatically if you stop and restart. >> > > Ok, I cleared all the files from the previous effort and restarted > it with rsync which seems to be running happily. I will report the > results. one of the big benefits of rsync is that you do not need to delete anything on the destination - the opposite: if you stop for whatever reason you can restart rsync as often needed and finally oyu have a 1:1 copy of the source the --delete-after param should be suggested to this is to get rid of files no longer on the source i prefrer the "after" because on large lists it is easier to see at the end waht has been removed in the meantime i use rsync even on local filesystems and single files because i prefer use one tool everywhere for the same operation and love the copy of attributes --delete-during maybe the better option if the target has limited space
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