How to skip deletion of files which are newer on the receiver?

Hi. I try to create a duplex sync between client/server via two rsync calls. First step: Send new or updated files. # rsync -a -c -r -z -u --progress --delete --files-from=rsync-list.txt $SOURCE --filter='. rsync-filter.txt' $TARGET/ Second step: Receive new or updates files. # rsync -p -g

Re: How to skip deletion of files which are newer on the receiver?

On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 11:04 +0200, Mike Reiche wrote: I try to create a duplex sync between client/server via two rsync calls. Don't do that. Use unison (http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/) instead. -- Matt -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing

...failed: too many links (31)

We do backups using rsync --link-dest. On one of our volumes, we just hit a limit in ext3 which generated the error: rsync: link ... = ... failed: Too many links (31) This appears to be related to a limit in the number of directory entries to which an inode may be connected. In other words,