I've been using rsync to back-up user files on samba shares. The idea was to capture the file changes from day to day work, back all changes and new files to a server with limited access. If someone wanted to delete the files, there would be a back-up of their work.
While checking logs the other day, I noticed that on the files on the "backup server" where only a partial list of what users had in the samba shares. Running the rsync transfer by hand after making backups, I thought maybe I had a push-pull problem. Changing the command did transfer the newer files to the backup server. But I found that while cleaning out the group share that rsync is pushing old backup files into the samba shares from the backup. I would like to keep the old files on the backup server, but not transfer them back to the samba server. ie If a user deletes file "a.doc" from the samba share, it remains in the backup server but rsync doesn't put it back on the samba share. The backup server is running the rsync daemon. The command I have been using from the samba share computer. rsync -pavzW --stats [EMAIL PROTECTED]::back_up_daemon /samba_shares Thanks -- Mark Busby -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
