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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