Do not think yourself stupid!  I know software developers who are
afraid of anything on a command line.  The fact that you are using
rsync is a long ways from anything close to stupid!

Excellent work.

Alan

On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 10:05 PM, betty <nicepenguin@webcanine.com> wrote:
> ok, great, so do i just do this;
>
> stormy@stormy-desktop:~$ rsync -avEHh /home/stormy/ /media/october
>
> or do i do this :
> stormy@stormy-desktop:~$ rsync -avEHh --delete-after --progress
> /home/stormy/ /media/october
>
> sorry to be so stupid, but i rely on you guys for this ;)
> thank you!!
> betty
>
>
> On 12/08/2010 08:32 PM, Joseph Sinclair wrote:
>>
>> You're pretty close to ideal there.
>> I use
>> rsync -avEHh --delete-after --progress $SOURCE $DESTINATION
>> Generally no need to sudo for your own homedir, and "-z" is really only
>> useful for network copying (it compresses in-transit, not on disk).
>>
>> That will only copy over changes between the source and destination, and
>> will remove anything in destination that's no longer in source.
>>
>> Make sure the external drive is formatted EXT3 or XFS so you can preserve
>> things like access controls and ownership.
>>
>> When you look at the final output of the command, there's usually a ratio
>> listed.
>> That's the amount that could be copied vs. the amount actually copied.  If
>> that's much larger than 1, then you're only copying changes.
>>
>> ==Joseph++
>>
>> betty wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I have an ext hdd that i copy my stuff to every few months. I think that
>>> i am copying everything all over again each time.
>>> What I'd like to do is just copy files that have changed.
>>> This is the command i have been using
>>>
>>> stormy@stormy-desktop:~$ sudo rsync -azvH /home/stormy/ /media/october
>>>
>>> please don't suggest that i use dd or whatever else there is because i
>>> am not good at trying new things. i think i'm doing a lot just to do the
>>> backup every few months.
>>>
>>> any rsync suggestions greatly appreciated. if i am already using the
>>> correct command for just copying things that have changed, please let me
>>> know.
>>>
>>> THANKS, Merry Christmas to all pluggers !
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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