On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 11:17:41PM +1100, Matt Hyne wrote:
: At Monday, 04-11-02 20:07 (+1100), Christopher Vance wrote:
: >On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 07:53:34PM +1100, Matt Hyne wrote:
: >: rsync -acz -e ssh /usr/local backup:/backup/hostname
: >: rsync -acz -e ssh /local backup:/backup/hostname
: >:
: >: So I am attempting to rsync /usr/local and /local and clone these as
: >: backup:/backup/hostname/usr/local and backup:/backup/hostname/local
You might want to try adding -R to your original options.
: >Are you sure you need the 'c' option?
:
: Just another check to make sure that the file was copied without
: error. Any good reason not to use it ?
The man page suggests it can take a while to do this. I never bother.
Personally, I use -vaut, and sometimes -P (but only when interactive).
I also use --{in,ex}clude-from where appropriate.
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