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

2010-05-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 29 May 2010 07:59:31 -0400, David Relson wrote: Indeed flash drives _do_ have a lifetime. My recollection is that it's in the thousands of writes if not the hundreds of thousands of writes. Assuming a life of 1,000 writes and you backup once daily, that's 3 years of backups. 10,000

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

2010-05-30 Thread David Relson
On Sun, 30 May 2010 11:48:21 +0100 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 29 May 2010 07:59:31 -0400, David Relson wrote: Indeed flash drives _do_ have a lifetime. My recollection is that it's in the thousands of writes if not the hundreds of thousands of writes. Assuming a life of 1,000 writes

[gentoo-user] rsync to a USB stick

2010-05-29 Thread Mick
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

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

2010-05-29 Thread Steven
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 2:01 AM, Mick michaelkintz...@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)

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

2010-05-29 Thread Mick
On Saturday 29 May 2010 10:30:54 Alan McKinnon wrote: On Saturday 29 May 2010 11:01:39 Mick 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

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

2010-05-29 Thread meino . cramer
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com [10-05-29 11:12]: 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

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

2010-05-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 29 May 2010 11:01:39 Mick 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

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

2010-05-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 29 May 2010 11:01:39 Mick 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

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

2010-05-29 Thread David Relson
On Sat, 29 May 2010 10:01:39 +0100 Mick 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

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

2010-05-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 29 May 2010 11:39:19 Mick wrote: On Saturday 29 May 2010 10:30:54 Alan McKinnon wrote: On Saturday 29 May 2010 11:01:39 Mick 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,

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

2010-05-29 Thread Joshua Murphy
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 5:39 AM, Steven apartment...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 2:01 AM, Mick michaelkintz...@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