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On Saturday 29 May 2010 11:39:19 Mick wrote: |
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> On Saturday 29 May 2010 10:30:54 Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > On Saturday 29 May 2010 11:01:39 Mick wrote: |
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> > > Hi All, |
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> > > |
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> > > I run: |
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> > > rsync -a -l --delete -v /mnt/Business_dir /media/sdf1 |
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> > > |
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> > > to back up a directory from a PC to a USB stick. However, from a |
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> > > cursory look this *seems* to copy the complete directory (every time I |
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> > > run it) and overwrites the USB stick. Carrying on like this it will |
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> > > life-expire the USB stick in no time, plus it takes ages to complete |
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> > > as it copies over every single file again and again. |
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> > > |
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> > > Is there a cleverer option I can add to rsync so that it only copies |
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> > > new files, overwrites older versions of the same and only deletes any |
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> > > files or directories that have been deleted from the source directory? |
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> > |
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> > Arg, typo in previous post. I meant what filesystem is on the USB stick? |
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> FAT32 |
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> Disk /dev/sdb: 8019 MB, 8019509248 bytes |
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> 20 heads, 16 sectors/track, 48947 cylinders |
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> Units = cylinders of 320 * 512 = 163840 bytes |
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> Disk identifier: 0xc3072e18 |
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> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System |
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> /dev/sdb1 * 1 48948 7831512 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) |
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Can you reformat to the same filesystem as the source disk and see if that |
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makes a difference? |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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