From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RyWMZ-00051L-1x for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:33:11 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BA804E0994; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:32:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f181.google.com (mail-wi0-f181.google.com [209.85.212.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1C50E0959 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:31:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhi8 with SMTP id hi8so2152464wib.40 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:31:44 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of markknecht@gmail.com designates 10.216.132.94 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.216.132.94; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of markknecht@gmail.com designates 10.216.132.94 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=markknecht@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=markknecht@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.216.132.94]) by 10.216.132.94 with SMTP id n72mr4750098wei.4.1329517904909 (num_hops = 1); Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:31:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=VGHIOZRYMuOlb32l5jblwm0yLAJUDNgRcK3lLCYiT58=; b=KdItl2jTuI2TjZ0ifo5nBsmh6yuB4as/rxGnFo/r/A3I2UlbGlBCpSXLAZOrsvEfCR shn+K0h/BACtGd1CM42hIOmlfYZhhXXVv/hTOzdflDhpFuytAyE1H4t2KHYd1Z49h3he f3aNlUiHCV52gSHIyxN0aeUfMdtUBG0e5zCQA= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.132.94 with SMTP id n72mr4035492wei.4.1329517904816; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:31:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.4.154 with HTTP; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:31:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20120217203211.GB6773@badass.gateway.2wire.net> References: <20120217203211.GB6773@badass.gateway.2wire.net> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:31:44 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] rsync from ext3 to vfat? From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 06f7954e-1d20-486b-a607-41fc15bc6f57 X-Archives-Hash: f3c3d5a15f75759805cdf3f971f50072 On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:32 PM, wrote: > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:12:40PM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: >> Hi, >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0I'm looking for what rsync options I can use to copy existi= ng files >> on an ext3 file system to an external eSATA drive formatted with vfat. >> I think I want to match only the name, creation date & file size. The >> eSATA drive needs to be vfat due to limitations of the audio/video >> device it will be plugged into. >> >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0Thanks in advance for any ideas. >> >> Cheers, >> Mark >> > > FWIW, I routinely backup important directories with rsync from ext3 and e= xt4 > file systems to vfat, with no additional options. The command I use is: > > sudo rsync -vvvruxi --size-only --exclude-from=3D/home/rh/rsync-home-excl= -list /home/rh/ /mnt/Datastor/Gentoo/ > for the home directory. > > HTH. > > Terry > Thanks Terry. I'm through about 30GB of the 400GB I want to back up. It looks like it's working. The --size-only option was what I needed. (Assuming it completes without any other problems.) Cheers, Mark NOTE: To others discussing the various positives and negatives of Windows file systems please note that I had no choice in the matter. The only thing this piece of equipment accepts on it's USB port is VFAT.