Hi James,

My rsync uses "-ru --delete --progress /myth /mnt"

I don't know about the -a switch but it looks to me that you need the
-u switch. ;)

Nice script tho.

Good day,
cythraul

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:33:39 -0500, James Pifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have the following script for backing up my myth recordings, videos,
> etc. At one point it was working correctly, but now it recopies
> everything every time it runs.
> 
> I used to have a -a switch, but then I would get chown errors.
> I tried -c for checksum, but that was taking forever, maybe I should use
> it and be patient?
> I know I'm using the dangerous --delete, but I want it working that way.
> I've looked through all the rsync options, but I can't figure out which
> switches I should use. I obviously don't want it copying 200+ gig every
> night, just new changes.
> 
> Here's the script:
> if mount 192.168.1.22:/storage /mnt/storage
> then
>         rsync -rv0 --progress --delete --exclude=nice_names
> /mythtv/recordings /mnt/storage/mythtv
>         rsync -rv0 --progress /mythtv/backup /mnt/storage/mythtv
>         rsync -rv0 --progress --delete /mythtv/music /mnt/storage/mythtv
>         rsync -rv0 --progress --delete /mythvideos /mnt/storage/mythtv
>         umount /mnt/storage
> else
>         echo "Alert -- Mounting of NFS-server failed !"
> fi
> 
> Any quick suggestions?
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