Re: rsync questions
On Thu 26 Mar 2009, gahn wrote: I am trying to back up /export/home/* (all of users) on another machine but exclude a certain types of files. here is one of my tested exclude files: /home/unwanted_dir this one works. rsync successfully backed up other directories except the unwanted_dir But how could I get rsync search the patterns of files in those user directories and exclude them? Well, it tells you exactly in the manpage how to do it; you've probably tried some things, it help help us to help you if you say exactly what commands you have tried and what you want to happen. Did you: Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html do the above? Paul -- 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
Re: rsync questions
You use '--exclude-from=/the/exclude/file' and that file should look like he extract below The following backs up all the users in my /home with the exceptions listed in it. The ones that have 'hjm' reference my home dir. the ones that have other users (hm/*) will completely skip those dirs. the ones that have no user spec (*.o) will omit all obj files from any subdir. # use this command # sudo rsync --exclude-from=/home/hjm/rsync.exclude -av /home \ #h...@moon:/b/hjm/bongobak hjm/.VirtualBox/* hjm/.cx* hjm/.cpan hjm/code/* hjm/nco_test/* hjm/.kde/cache-bodi/http/* hjm/.google/* hjm/.googleearth/Cache/* hjm/.thumbnails/* hjm/nacs/osborne/gff* hjm/nacs/2sigma/audio/* hjm/.opera/cache4/* hjm/.evolution/* hjm/l_cc* hjm/IDV* hjm/code/SAS/* hjm/SAS/* hjm/.dods_cache/* hjm/nco_bm/* hjm/valgrind hjm/.local/share/Trash/* hjm/.ccache hm/* *.tmp *.gff *.chp *.rpm *.nc *.o *.rm *.mov *.deb *out *.iso On Thursday 26 March 2009, gahn wrote: Hi all: I got basic rsync working (not server mode). Basically it went to another server via ssh, backed up subdireactories and stored on the local server. But I am trying to use the feature of exclude and could not get it working rigjt. I am trying to back up /export/home/* (all of users) on another machine but exclude a certain types of files. here is one of my tested exclude files: /home/unwanted_dir this one works. rsync successfully backed up other directories except the unwanted_dir But how could I get rsync search the patterns of files in those user directories and exclude them? Thanks -- Harry Mangalam - Research Computing, NACS, Rm 225, MSTB, UC Irvine [ZOT 2225] / 92697 949 824-0084(o), 949 285-4487(c) --- Good judgment comes from experience; Experience comes from bad judgment. [F. Brooks.] -- 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
Re: rsync questions
Thanks! --- On Thu, 3/26/09, Harry Mangalam harry.manga...@uci.edu wrote: From: Harry Mangalam harry.manga...@uci.edu Subject: Re: rsync questions To: rsync@lists.samba.org Cc: ipfr...@yahoo.com Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009, 1:05 PM You use '--exclude-from=/the/exclude/file' and that file should look like he extract below The following backs up all the users in my /home with the exceptions listed in it. The ones that have 'hjm' reference my home dir. the ones that have other users (hm/*) will completely skip those dirs. the ones that have no user spec (*.o) will omit all obj files from any subdir. # use this command # sudo rsync --exclude-from=/home/hjm/rsync.exclude -av /home \ #h...@moon:/b/hjm/bongobak hjm/.VirtualBox/* hjm/.cx* hjm/.cpan hjm/code/* hjm/nco_test/* hjm/.kde/cache-bodi/http/* hjm/.google/* hjm/.googleearth/Cache/* hjm/.thumbnails/* hjm/nacs/osborne/gff* hjm/nacs/2sigma/audio/* hjm/.opera/cache4/* hjm/.evolution/* hjm/l_cc* hjm/IDV* hjm/code/SAS/* hjm/SAS/* hjm/.dods_cache/* hjm/nco_bm/* hjm/valgrind hjm/.local/share/Trash/* hjm/.ccache hm/* *.tmp *.gff *.chp *.rpm *.nc *.o *.rm *.mov *.deb *out *.iso On Thursday 26 March 2009, gahn wrote: Hi all: I got basic rsync working (not server mode). Basically it went to another server via ssh, backed up subdireactories and stored on the local server. But I am trying to use the feature of exclude and could not get it working rigjt. I am trying to back up /export/home/* (all of users) on another machine but exclude a certain types of files. here is one of my tested exclude files: /home/unwanted_dir this one works. rsync successfully backed up other directories except the unwanted_dir But how could I get rsync search the patterns of files in those user directories and exclude them? Thanks -- Harry Mangalam - Research Computing, NACS, Rm 225, MSTB, UC Irvine [ZOT 2225] / 92697 949 824-0084(o), 949 285-4487(c) --- Good judgment comes from experience; Experience comes from bad judgment. [F. Brooks.] -- 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
Re: rsync questions
On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 09:25:12AM +0100, Gonçalo Gomes wrote: Dear rsync users, i'd like to ask some questions about rsync, 1) i'm going to use rsync to upload backups to backup machine, that machine will hold only backups. - does it keeps the ownership of the files if the users/groups, they don't exist in the remote machine (backup machines) or it keeps them in a database and restores them when replacing the backups ? If you run as root and the users/groups don't exist on the backup machine it will typically keep the original user id and group ids. I'm not sure what happens if you're using an rsync --daemon as the destination, though, perhaps it will just keep whatever uid is specified (defaults to nobody). 2) how to choose where a path (within the actual module name) to where upload the files without having to add a new module ? Paths are chosen either through the module name if you're using rsync --daemon mode or whatever path you specify otherwise. I usually discourage people from using --daemon mode for writing, as it was really mostly intended for reading. Ssh is the best access method. 3) the --delete options means that, if we have a dir with index.htm and main.htm in the backup server, and then we remove main.htm from the client, when we're uploading the newbackup it will remove main.htm from the backup server? Right. - Dave Dykstra
