On 04/14/2013 10:28 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 14.04.2013 16:17, schrieb Robert Moskowitz: >> I am doing a new setup, got most of the files in place from other places >> and then ran my rsync backup from the command line before putting it in >> crontab. Here is the rsync: >> >> rsync -ah --stats --delete /home/ /mnt/sdc1/backups/homebase/home >> >> Why would files transferred be less than the number of files? For >> example, is there some option I need to move hidden files? I do not >> believe there are any symlinks under /home > because there may be links and special files in userhomes? thanks Harald. > > "--force --delete-after --devices --specials --sparse -tPrlHpogEAX" > are the params to go if you REALLY want to sync folders 1:1 and i > am using this since many years for any backup/sync job local as > also over networks > > # -z compress > # -t timestamps > # -P progress > # -r recursive > # -l links > # -H hard-links > # -p permissions > # -o owner > # -g group > # -E executability > # -A acls > # -X xtended attributes > _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos