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Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:47:51 -0800, Grant wrote: |
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>> My laptop is currently still copying everything to my desktop system |
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>> via tar and ssh. I generally have to run rc on the desktop system |
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>> periodically to make sure network-dependent services are still running |
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>> as the desktop sometimes loses the wireless connection temporarily. |
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>> When I ran rc this morning, I saw that ssh started so it must have |
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>> stopped some time overnight as it usually does. The laptop was still |
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>> running the tar | ssh command I had started the night before. Could |
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>> the desktop be missing some of the laptop's data since the desktop |
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>> wasn't running ssh all night, or would it "catch up" now that ssh is |
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>> running? |
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> Use rsync to make sure the copy contains an exact copy of the laptop's |
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> files. |
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Please use rsync. The idea of that tar ssh nonsense makes my head hurt |
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especially if it's getting interrupted often. rsync has the ability to |
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walk the filesystem and then only transfer the things that are missing |
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in incomplete. |
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I'd use some variation on this command line |
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rsync -avz -e "ssh -c blowfish" /src $user@dest_server:/dst/ |
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The Blowfish encryption requires the least CPU in my experience and that |
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may make things faster. |
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You can also buy a standard IDE to laptop harddrive converter cable for |
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under $10. Plug you laptop hard drive into your desktop, start you |
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desktop, mount the laptop drive, and rsync away between your disk. |
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kashani |
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