From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] rsync to a USB stick
Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 10:01:39 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201005291001.50752.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> (raw)
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Hi All,
I run:
rsync -a -l --delete -v /mnt/Business_dir /media/sdf1
to back up a directory from a PC to a USB stick. However, from a cursory look
this *seems* to copy the complete directory (every time I run it) and
overwrites the USB stick. Carrying on like this it will life-expire the USB
stick in no time, plus it takes ages to complete as it copies over every
single file again and again.
Is there a cleverer option I can add to rsync so that it only copies new
files, overwrites older versions of the same and only deletes any files or
directories that have been deleted from the source directory?
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Regards,
Mick
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next reply other threads:[~2010-05-29 9:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-29 9:01 Mick [this message]
2010-05-29 9:20 ` [gentoo-user] rsync to a USB stick meino.cramer
2010-05-29 9:30 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-05-29 9:30 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-05-29 9:39 ` Mick
2010-05-29 19:02 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-05-29 9:39 ` Steven
2010-05-29 19:23 ` Joshua Murphy
2010-05-29 9:49 ` Peter Ruskin
2010-05-29 10:34 ` [gentoo-user] " Remy Blank
2010-05-29 11:42 ` Mick
2010-05-29 11:59 ` [gentoo-user] " David Relson
2010-05-30 10:48 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-05-30 12:06 ` David Relson
2010-05-30 14:20 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2010-05-31 2:26 ` David Relson
2010-05-31 8:09 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-05-31 16:27 ` Grant Edwards
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