Backup with rsync problem

g geleem at bellsouth.net
Mon May 5 04:04:23 UTC 2008


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William Case wrote:
>  Hi;  I have just discovered to my chagrin that my rsync backup script
> has not being updating my dot files (/.foo). 
> 
>  My script is 'rsync -auH --del
> --filter=-_/home/bill/.dbus /home/bill/ /backup/bill/'.  
> 
> What should it be?
> 
> Regards Bill
> 

this is one [shortest] of many rsync scripts that has been working along with
rest over several years.

#!/bin/sh
###	 fn=	rs.hda1
##	use=	run rsync backup of hda6 to hda1
echo "syncing hda6 to hda1"
rsync -a -u -v /hd/a/06/ /hd/a/01/ > /hd/a/00-rs.syoa.`date +%Y.%m%d.%H%M.%S`

i am curious as to your '--filter=' as you are showing '-_' before filter path,
and you are directing source to destination of *same name*. this in it self can
cause you problems as they are same, therefore they are already synced.

you should try a different destination.

hth. good luck.

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tc,hago.

g
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without fences, who needs gates.
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