Hannes Kocznar
2003-Dec-23 20:35 UTC
Transfering a linux root directory with rsync, too many files transfered!
Hi, I'm transfering a whole linux root dir (+ subdirs) to a backup location. I tried -avr and -avrc switches. My problem is that rsync somewhat seems to transfer nearly everything (2960 files!) while only maybe 10 or 15 were changed. I'm backing up over gsm, so i got a high phone bill and very very slow backup when using it like this. Is there a way to make it correctly transfere only changed files? greets
jw schultz
2003-Dec-23 20:46 UTC
Transfering a linux root directory with rsync, too many files transfered!
On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 01:35:09AM -0800, Hannes Kocznar wrote:> Hi, > > I'm transfering a whole linux root dir (+ subdirs) to a backup location. > I tried -avr and -avrc switches. > My problem is that rsync somewhat seems to transfer nearly everything (2960 > files!) while only maybe 10 or 15 were changed. > I'm backing up over gsm, so i got a high phone bill and very very slow > backup when using it like this. > > Is there a way to make it correctly transfere only changed files?Do an ls -l on both ends of some files that get resynced every time that you think should not. Anything different? -- ________________________________________________________________ J.W. Schultz Pegasystems Technologies email address: jw@pegasys.ws Remember Cernan and Schmitt