On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 10:17:07PM -0700, Bruce KIlpatrick wrote: > #!bin/bash > sudo rsync -av --progress --delete > --log-file=/home/bruce/Desktop/$(date +%Y%m%d)_moose_rsync.log > [email protected]:/home/robin /media/disk/MooseBackup
I usually include "-x", which instructs rsync to not cross file system boundarys when reading from the source. This likely won't be an issue for you if you're sticking to your homedir, but it's handy if you're backing up your root partition and have other filesystems mounted (/home, etc.). Also, if it's your homedir, you probably don't need to use sudo. The fewer privileges, the better. It's usually a good idea to make a dry run prior to the real copy, via the "-n" flag. If you're creating a fresh copy of your source file system, then you likely don't have to worry about trashing anything on the destination, but you never know. A dry run also often leads me to include a few "--exclude" arguments. -- Paul _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
