Re: [gentoo-user] rsync to a USB stick

[Joshua Murphy <poisonbl@gmail.com>]

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 5:39 AM, Steven <apartment415@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 2:01 AM, Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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?
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Mick
>
> Short answer "man rsync"
> You'll find everything you need.
> It is possible to sync files incrementally with rsync I just can't remember
> how right now
> Sorry really tired right now. Im sure someone will come a long with a more
> appropriate answer.
>

Notably...
--checksum
--recursive

And *not* using (due to the limitations of FAT and FAT32)...
--archive (implies several others)
--perms
--times
--group
--owner
--whole-file

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Poison [BLX]
Joshua M. Murphy