Hi,
I have a bit of a tricky question about rsync.
Let's say I want to backup a bunch of configuration files with rsync, in
a script.
What I don't want to do : a full snapshot of /etc.
What I want to do : backup only those files I need, in an otherwise
empty directory tree.
In my script, I'd begin with a list of the files I effectively want to
backup. Something like :
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
/etc/httpd/vhosts.d/*.conf
/etc/exports
Then I'd have some other files in /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin,
which I would like to backup too.
Instead of a puzzling explanation, let me just show you how I would like
my resulting backup to look like, so you get the idea :
etc/
`-- httpd
|-- conf
| `-- httpd.conf
`-- vhosts.d
|-- site1.conf
|-- site2.conf
`-- site3.conf
usr/
`-- local
|-- bin
| |-- script1.sh
| `-- script2.sh
|-- sbin
|-- sbinscript3.sh
`-- sbinscript4.sh
Now if I do something like this :
rsync -av /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf destinationfolder/
I get something like :
destinationfolder/httpd.conf
QUESTION (at last) : is there a way rsync can somehow add the full file
path, so the end result is more like :
destinationfolder/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf ?
Any suggestions ?
Niki
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Niki Kovacs <contact at kikinovak.net> wrote:> Hi, > > I have a bit of a tricky question about rsync. > > Let's say I want to backup a bunch of configuration files with rsync, in > a script. > > What I don't want to do : a full snapshot of /etc. > What I want to do : backup only those files I need, in an otherwise > empty directory tree. > > In my script, I'd begin with a list of the files I effectively want to > backup. Something like : > > /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf > /etc/httpd/vhosts.d/*.conf > /etc/exports > > Then I'd have some other files in /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin, > which I would like to backup too. > > Instead of a puzzling explanation, let me just show you how I would like > my resulting backup to look like, so you get the idea : > > etc/ > `-- httpd > ? ? |-- conf > ? ? | ? `-- httpd.conf > ? ? `-- vhosts.d > ? ? ? ? |-- site1.conf > ? ? ? ? |-- site2.conf > ? ? ? ? `-- site3.conf > > usr/ > `-- local > ? ? |-- bin > ? ? | ? |-- script1.sh > ? ? | ? `-- script2.sh > ? ? |-- sbin > ? ? |-- sbinscript3.sh > ? ? `-- sbinscript4.sh > > Now if I do something like this : > > rsync -av /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf destinationfolder/ > > I get something like : > > destinationfolder/httpd.conf > > QUESTION (at last) : is there a way rsync can somehow add the full file > path, so the end result is more like : > > destinationfolder/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf ? > > Any suggestions ? > > Niki > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >Hi Nikki, I don't think you can do that with rsync out of the box. You need to script your way around it. One thing I can advise is to use rdiff-backup, this one is based on rsync and can create full-paths, as well as incremental backups (e.g. you could restore a file and see how it looked 2 weeks ago). Rdiff-backup should be available from RPMForge.
Niki Kovacs wrote:> > QUESTION (at last) : is there a way rsync can somehow add the full file > path, so the end result is more like : > > destinationfolder/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf ? > > Any suggestions ?Does the -R option help? James Pearson
Niki Kovacs wrote:> Hi, > > rsync -av /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf destinationfolder/ > > I get something like : > > destinationfolder/httpd.confThis is normal because your copying a file not a tree> > QUESTION (at last) : is there a way rsync can somehow add the full file > path, so the end result is more like :Copy the tree and use something like includes or excludes or even the files-from option to specifically include the files you want to copy. e.g. [natea at us-cfe002:/etc]$ cat /tmp/files.txt /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf [natea at us-cfe002:/etc]$ [natea at us-cfe002:/etc]$ rsync -av --files-from=/tmp/files.txt / /tmp/ building file list ... done etc/ etc/httpd/ etc/httpd/conf/ etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf sent 34853 bytes received 40 bytes 69786.00 bytes/sec total size is 34704 speedup is 0.99 [natea at us-cfe002:/etc]$ ls -ltr /tmp/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 natea natea 34704 Nov 18 2007 /tmp/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf use the -n option with rsync for testing, to have it only show you what it would do rather than doing it. nate
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Niki Kovacs <contact at kikinovak.net> wrote:> Hi, > > I have a bit of a tricky question about rsync. > > Let's say I want to backup a bunch of configuration files with rsync, in > a script. > > What I don't want to do : a full snapshot of /etc. > What I want to do : backup only those files I need, in an otherwise > empty directory tree. > > In my script, I'd begin with a list of the files I effectively want to > backup. Something like : > > /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf > /etc/httpd/vhosts.d/*.conf > /etc/exports > > Then I'd have some other files in /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin, > which I would like to backup too. > > Instead of a puzzling explanation, let me just show you how I would like > my resulting backup to look like, so you get the idea : > > etc/ > `-- httpd > ? ? |-- conf > ? ? | ? `-- httpd.conf > ? ? `-- vhosts.d > ? ? ? ? |-- site1.conf > ? ? ? ? |-- site2.conf > ? ? ? ? `-- site3.conf > > usr/ > `-- local > ? ? |-- bin > ? ? | ? |-- script1.sh > ? ? | ? `-- script2.sh > ? ? |-- sbin > ? ? |-- sbinscript3.sh > ? ? `-- sbinscript4.sh > > Now if I do something like this : > > rsync -av /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf destinationfolder/ > > I get something like : > > destinationfolder/httpd.conf > > QUESTION (at last) : is there a way rsync can somehow add the full file > path, so the end result is more like : > > destinationfolder/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf ?Here's how we do it. cd / rsync -avR etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf /destinationfolder Note that the lack of leading slash on the source. -- Jeff
From: Niki Kovacs <contact at kikinovak.net>> Let's say I want to backup a bunch of configuration files with rsync, in > a script.See --files-from=FILE in rsync manpage JD
Niki Kovacs wrote:> rsync -av /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf destinationfolder/ > > I get something like : > > destinationfolder/httpd.conf > > QUESTION (at last) : is there a way rsync can somehow add the full file > path, so the end result is more like : > > destinationfolder/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf ? > > Any suggestions ?Personally, I'd run backuppc (http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ or the epel package) and take the whole tree because (a)it will compress the files and link all duplicates so it doesn't waste that much space, (b) when you need a copy you'll have it instead of finding out it was one you didn't bother to include, and (c) it won't take you a week to set up and test. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com