what is the source and destination filesystem? here is some report that rsync has some problem with HFS+ filesystems and "ressource forks": http://quesera.com/reynhout/misc/rsync+hfsmode/
but as you are using ubuntu and not osx i`m curious what`s the problem, so i think we need more information here. regards roland > Gesendet: Freitag, 12. Dezember 2014 um 15:31 Uhr > Von: "Ram Ballu" <r...@edom.it> > An: rsync@lists.samba.org > Betreff: Re: Aw: Re: rsync not copy all information for font file > > Some more details on my problem. > The machine have Ubuntu 12.04 with rsync version 3.0.9 > I am using this server as data server using "Netatalk" for share with apple > OS for my graphics work, so here i save my work containing file created by > (indesign, photoshop, illustrator, quark xpress, mathtype etc.) > I have try to backup my shared folder on external HDD using "rsync" mounting > external HDD in local. But in backup copy the font file result Zero kb. > > Here is the result i try to backup only the folder containing font. > Here PROVA_BKP_SRC is source directory(folder on local HDD) and BKP_DES is > folder on external HDD mounted in local. > > # rsync -av PROVA_BKP_SRC/ /BKP_DES/ > sending incremental file list > ./ > :2eDS_Store > Times Bold Italic/ > Times Bold Italic/BI Times BoldItalic > Times Bold Italic/TimesBolIta > Times Bold Italic/.AppleDouble/ > Times Bold Italic/.AppleDouble/.Parent > Times Bold Italic/.AppleDouble/BI Times BoldItalic > Times Bold Italic/.AppleDouble/TimesBolIta > Times Bold/ > Times Bold/B Times Bold > Times Bold/TimesBol > Times Bold/.AppleDouble/ > Times Bold/.AppleDouble/.Parent > Times Bold/.AppleDouble/B Times Bold > Times Bold/.AppleDouble/TimesBol > Times Italic/ > Times Italic/I Times Italic > Times Italic/TimesIta > Times Italic/.AppleDouble/ > Times Italic/.AppleDouble/.Parent > Times Italic/.AppleDouble/I Times Italic > Times Italic/.AppleDouble/TimesIta > Times Roman/ > Times Roman/Times > Times Roman/TimesRom > Times Roman/.AppleDouble/ > Times Roman/.AppleDouble/.Parent > Times Roman/.AppleDouble/Times > Times Roman/.AppleDouble/TimesRom > > sent 183840 bytes received 447 bytes 368574.00 bytes/sec > total size is 183542 speedup is 1.00 > -------------- > > > > > > Il giorno 12/dic/2014, alle ore 13.02, devz...@web.de ha scritto: > > > yes > > > >> Gesendet: Freitag, 12. Dezember 2014 um 12:59 Uhr > >> Von: "Ram Ballu" <r...@edom.it> > >> An: devz...@web.de > >> Betreff: Re: Aw: rsync not copy all information for font file > >> > >> Ronald, > >> thanks a lot for your kind suggestion and for compliments on my english(i > >> take it like compliments :-) ) > >> I will try after sometime as you say me and than update you. > >> so now command i have to use is > >> > >> "rsync -av /source_folder /Destination_folder" ? > >> > >> Thanks again > >> Ram > >> > >> Il giorno 12/dic/2014, alle ore 11.27, devz...@web.de ha scritto: > >> > >>> you mean, rsync "silently" creates 0kb sized files and only a special > >>> type of file shows this behaviour? > >>> > >>> try increasing rsync verbosity with "-v" , delete the 0kb files and > >>> retry. you can send the output of rsync to this list if it`s not too long > >>> if you don`t get a clue from that. mind that it may contain private > >>> information. > >>> > >>> you should also omit "-z" because it makes no sense for local transfer. > >>> you do not want compression here, because it slows things down and burns > >>> cpu for nothing. > >>> > >>> regards > >>> roland > >>> > >>> ps: > >>> i`m no native english speaker, but i think your english is quite ok. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Gesendet: Freitag, 12. Dezember 2014 um 10:44 Uhr > >>>> Von: "Ram Ballu" <r...@edom.it> > >>>> An: rsync@lists.samba.org > >>>> Betreff: rsync not copy all information for font file > >>>> > >>>> Good morning list, > >>>> this is my first question and hope really to get an answer, sorry for my > >>>> bad english :-( > >>>> > >>>> Ok so i have a machine with ubuntu and use as data server for my > >>>> graphics works. > >>>> Now i am trying to backup my folder on an external HDD using "rsync" > >>>> where i save all my data file (file of graphics software, image, font > >>>> etc.). > >>>> For this i mount HDD in local and launch command "rsync -avz > >>>> source_folder destination_folder. > >>>> I notice that in backup copy font file have zero kb size rather than > >>>> 25-60 kb in source folder and i can't use the font from backup folder as > >>>> it results zero kb. > >>>> Can someone help me to solve this issue. > >>>> Thanks in advance to all for reading this and spend your time. > >>>> Ram > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> 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 > >>>> > >> > >> > > -- > 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 > -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. 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