On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 09:18:40AM -0600, Dan Mack wrote: > > It happened to me too. Luckily I caught it before all was lost with a > ctrl-c.
There is a real simple way to prevent the damage --delete and a bad mirrir can do. In the directory where your ccoker tree is, *before* doing an rsync, simply make a shadow copy using hard links: $ cd /path_to_cooker $ cp -la cooker cooker.bak $ rsync --madness This creates a complete mirror of your tree before rsync can destroy it. But it does so without taking up any additional space (before rsyncing). Once you are successfully rsynced, remove the shadow with "rm -r". If rsync destroys your cooker tree, you can restore it easily and try again later. b. -- Brian J. Murrell
