Re: can't create a local mirror

2010-09-25 Thread L. V. Lammert
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010, Tim Hanson wrote: > Also, I tried to --exclude it, but got the same error. > If you still get the error, you aren't excluding it - your exclusion pattern is not matching. Lee -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe

Re: can't create a local mirror

2010-09-25 Thread L. V. Lammert
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010, Tim Hanson wrote: > rsync: readlink_stat("/home/timh/.gvfs") failed: Permission denied (13) > IME, you can't rsync .gvfs, .. you need to exclude that directory. GVFS is a virtual file system and does not work with rsync. Lee -- Please use reply-all for most replies t

Re: can't create a local mirror

2010-09-25 Thread Chris
On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 14:42 -0700, Tim Hanson wrote: > On Saturday, September 25, 2010 02:35:16 pm you wrote: > > rsync@lists.samba.org > !$#%^#$#! > > I have a "workaround" but I'm not that thrilled with it. It involves > logging > in to a root desktop and doing the script from there. IOW, e

Re: can't create a local mirror

2010-09-25 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 13:53 -0700, Tim Hanson wrote: > Also, I tried to --exclude it, but got the same error. You may have written the exclusion incorrectly. If the source is /home/timh/ , the exclusion should be --exclude=/.gvfs . See the "ANCHORING INCLUDE/EXCLUDE PATTERNS" section of the man

Re: can't create a local mirror

2010-09-25 Thread Tim Hanson
On Saturday, September 25, 2010 02:35:16 pm you wrote: > rsync@lists.samba.org !$#%^#$#! I have a "workaround" but I'm not that thrilled with it. It involves logging in to a root desktop and doing the script from there. IOW, everything else stops until I do the daily backup. -- Please use re

Re: can't create a local mirror

2010-09-25 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 13:37 -0700, Tim Hanson wrote: > On Saturday, September 25, 2010 01:22:29 pm you wrote: > > On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 13:16 -0700, Tim Hanson wrote: > > > I either have a problem with rsync or it is not intended to do what I am > > > asking it to do. > > > > > > I am trying to mi

Re: can't create a local mirror

2010-09-25 Thread Tim Hanson
Also, I tried to --exclude it, but got the same error. -- 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: can't create a local mirror

2010-09-25 Thread Tim Hanson
On Saturday, September 25, 2010 01:22:29 pm you wrote: > On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 13:16 -0700, Tim Hanson wrote: > > I either have a problem with rsync or it is not intended to do what I am > > asking it to do. > > > > I am trying to mirror a copy of /home/foo to a local usb drive. The copy > > is m

Re: can't create a local mirror

2010-09-25 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 13:16 -0700, Tim Hanson wrote: > I either have a problem with rsync or it is not intended to do what I am > asking it to do. > > I am trying to mirror a copy of /home/foo to a local usb drive. The copy is > made, but the destination does not appear to be deleting files I h

can't create a local mirror

2010-09-25 Thread Tim Hanson
I either have a problem with rsync or it is not intended to do what I am asking it to do. I am trying to mirror a copy of /home/foo to a local usb drive. The copy is made, but the destination does not appear to be deleting files I have deleted on the source. Here is the command line I am usin