On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 8:37 PM, Michael Torrie <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 11/19/2014 07:55 PM, Victor Villa wrote:
> > I've got a txt file with the path and filename of 20k files that I need
> to
> > copy.  When it copies, i need the folder structure to keep.  When i do
> this
> > in rsync, i curiously got the files listed and about 15k more files that
> > i'm not sure why are included in the transfer, but they AREN'T on the
> > list.
>
> You can always run rsync with '-n' to do a dry run.  Then maybe compare
> the output with the file list.
>

so i tried that and that's how i confirmed it was copying files it
shouldn't be.  it's a good idea though, thx!

on this prob, i actually punted back to cp and used the --parents to finish
this out.  In the long run, i'd love to learn what I was doing wrong.

v


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