On Sat, 2023-07-08 at 08:34 -0500, Robert Nichols wrote: > On 7/8/23 03:31, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Fri, 2023-07-07 at 19:11 -0600, home user wrote: > > > What I back up is a mix of binary and text files. I understand > > > that > > > "diff" is not the best for binary files, but "cmp" does not have > > > a > > > recursive option. "rsync" does copying. I don't see how that > > > command (including with the "--dry-run" option) will verify the > > > back- > > > up. > > > > 'rsync --dry-run' will tell you if it thinks some files need to be > > copied because they have changed. If you do this after your backup > > procedure, then you'll be checking that it worked correctly. > > Note that by default rsync does not check the content of files when > deciding what needs to be updated. It just checks the file > modification times and sizes. You have to use the "-c" (--checksum) > option to make it check the content.
Good point. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
