Hello rsync list, Sorry if my response is already in the archives, I tried to find it but I failed! I have 5 computers running linux (rsync and ssh) remotely and I started to make backups with the following command: rsync -cavzRq -e /usr/local/sbin/ssh but I think (maybe I'm wrong) that this mess the symbolic links. I want to use tar and gzip to make backups from the HDD to tapes and I don't know if the archives will be correct or not because of the symbolic links. Thank you for your time and for this wonderful tool! Radu -- Best regards, RoBSD mailto:robsd@softhome.net
On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 05:37:58PM +0100, RoBSD wrote:> Hello rsync list, > > Sorry if my response is already in the archives, I tried to find it > but I failed! > > I have 5 computers running linux (rsync and ssh) remotely and I > started to make backups with the following command: > > rsync -cavzRq -e /usr/local/sbin/ssh > > but I think (maybe I'm wrong) that this mess the symbolic links. > I want to use tar and gzip to make backups from the HDD to tapes and > I don't know if the archives will be correct or not because of the > symbolic links. > > Thank you for your time and for this wonderful tool! > RaduThat command should preserve symbolic links. Some comments on your options: -c is almost always not needed, and it's a lot of overhead -v and -q are opposites, why include both? - Dave Dykstra
Hello, Sorry to bother you but I have the following problem with rsync: I made a script that run each night to make a copy of the servers but until yesterday I did not had a "--delete" option and I found that I have a lot of deleted files on the backup system. Today I added the "--delete" but this option is working with the following command: /usr/local/bin/rsync -azRq --delete -e /usr/local/bin/ssh root@x.x.x.x:/home/dns/ /home/work/dns1 (only a subdirectory) but not with the following command (I need to backup everything) #!/bin/sh /usr/local/bin/rsync -azRq --delete -e /usr/local/bin/ssh root@x.x.x.x:/ /home/work/dns1 I need also to use "--force"? Please reply to my address because I'm on the list! Thank you, Radu