On Fri, 18 Jan 2013 at 08:07 -0000, SilverTip257 wrote: > If you change a directory name, rsync has no way of knowing that you > moved it. And since the new directory doesn't exist on the rsync > source that new directory is removed and those items are rsynced > again. > > Bottom-line: Change things on the source and don't fiddle with them > on the destination. Or if you really want to eliminate that data > being transferred, I suppose you could do the extra work and rename > the directory at the same time on the source and destination. Not > ideal in the least. I use a home grown rsync based backup process (for 15+ years). When traveling or otherwise worried about large directory tree renames, I will sometimes do a 'cp -rpl' instead of a rename. This will allow rsync to notice the new hard links and it just create the new directory structure without transferring the data again. After the rsync is complete I can then remove the original directory tree and rsync again. The rsync needs to use --hard-links for this to work. I only recommend doing this if you understand and are comfortable with hard links and rsync. Stuart -- I've never been lost; I was once bewildered for three days, but never lost! -- Daniel Boone _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos