Re: RSYNC copy -

2020-12-10 Thread Todd Zullinger
Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 09Dec2020 11:29, todd zullinger wrote: >>For testing, the --verbose, -v option is very handy too. I >>often run `rsync -avn ...` to do a dry-run and check that >>the files/directories I expect to be transferred/updated are >>indeed included. > > I find -i (itemise)

Re: RSYNC copy -

2020-12-10 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 10Dec2020 09:25, Mauricio Tavares wrote: >On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 7:34 AM J.Witvliet--- via users > wrote: >> And —progress >> So you see where it is, handy during bulk transfers. >> > And --partial For big transfers where I expect to restart an interrupted large file, yes. Conveniently

Re: RSYNC copy -

2020-12-10 Thread Mauricio Tavares
On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 7:34 AM J.Witvliet--- via users wrote: > > And —progress > So you see where it is, handy during bulk transfers. > And --partial > > From: "Patrick O'Callaghan" > Date: Thursday, 10 December 2020 at 12:47:27 > To: "users@lists.f

Re: RSYNC copy -

2020-12-10 Thread J.Witvliet--- via users
And —progress So you see where it is, handy during bulk transfers. From: "Patrick O'Callaghan" mailto:pocallag...@gmail.com>> Date: Thursday, 10 December 2020 at 12:47:27 To: "users@lists.fedoraproject.org" mailto:users@lists.fedoraproject.org>> Subject: Re:

Re: RSYNC copy -

2020-12-10 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2020-12-10 at 17:20 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 09Dec2020 11:29, todd zullinger wrote: > > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > You can also do a dry run to check: > > >    --dry-run, -nperform a trial run with no changes > > >    made > > > > For testing, the

Re: RSYNC copy -

2020-12-09 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 09Dec2020 11:29, todd zullinger wrote: >Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> You can also do a dry run to check: >>--dry-run, -nperform a trial run with no changes >>made > >For testing, the --verbose, -v option is very handy too. I >often run `rsync -avn ...` to do a

Re: RSYNC copy -

2020-12-09 Thread Todd Zullinger
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2020-12-09 at 10:44 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> I should have been more specific in asking this. I am concerned with the >> possibility it will not go through directories. in the past I have had >> an empty list of directories. it didn't go through

Re: RSYNC copy -

2020-12-09 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2020-12-09 at 10:44 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > On 2020-12-09 09:34, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Wed, 2020-12-09 at 09:29 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > > I have a failed NFS and would like to copy the data from the hard drive. > > > rsync seems the best way? What is the best set

Re: RSYNC copy -

2020-12-09 Thread Jorge Fábregas
On 12/9/20 11:44 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I should have been more specific in asking this. I am concerned with the > possibility it will not go through directories. in the past I have had > an empty list of directories. it didn't go through recursively in every > one and I am not sure what

Re: RSYNC copy -

2020-12-09 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 2020-12-09 09:34, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Wed, 2020-12-09 at 09:29 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: I have a failed NFS and would like to copy the data from the hard drive. rsync seems the best way? What is the best set of rsync options to ensure that I get everything? From 'man rsync':

Re: RSYNC copy -

2020-12-09 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2020-12-09 at 09:29 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I have a failed NFS and would like to copy the data from the hard drive. > rsync seems the best way? What is the best set of rsync options to > ensure that I get everything? From 'man rsync': --archive, -aarchive mode; equals

RSYNC copy -

2020-12-09 Thread Bob Goodwin
I have a failed NFS and would like to copy the data from the hard drive. rsync seems the best way? What is the best set of rsync options to ensure that I get everything? -- Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA FEDORA-32/64bit LINUX XFCE Fastmail POP3