I want to essentially copy the files on one RH7.2 machine onto 
another one, but without overwriting the basic OS files (eg, drivers, 
program versions, etc). We have a poorly documented application that 
we need to copy (and flesh out the documentation whilst we're at it).

Most of it's done, but I want to check by creating a list comparing 
the contents of one partition (which has been totally copied into a 
directory on the new machine called /transfer) with the root 
filesystem.

I tried "rsync -rn /transfer / >sync_files.txt", but the file has a 
very large list of lines saying "skipping non-regular file 
transfer/[filename]".

The files I knew to be different aren't listed at all.

Can anyone suggest what I'm doing wrong - or a better way to achieve 
the same result?

Edwin Humphries,
Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.ironstone.com.au
Phone: 02 4233 2285
Fax: 02 4233 2299
Mobile: 0419 233 051
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