We violently agree :) That was my point originally (grin). On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Eric Shubert wrote: > JD Austin wrote: > > As far as I know you cannot preserve write permissions writing to a DVD > > unless you pack those permissions within an archive format that can > > store them. It's not a writable media. > > Write, I mean correct. :) > So why use a DVD at all? Seems like a waste to me. > > > Unless you're transferring terabytes of changes rsync works well across > > the internet to keep files in sync. Get them relatively in sync and > > then let rsync finish the job. > > I don't see a reason not to use rsync from the get go. And we're talking > about transferring between 2 computers on a lan, not across the 'net. > > > Write to an external drive formatted with a linux file system instead if > > you want to be able to preserve read/write/group permissions without > > archiving the files first. > > Why not get rid of the intermediate file entirely? Read from the source > drive, send across the lan, and write to the target drive on the other > computer. All in one shot. No intermediate storage required. Permissions > and attributes preserved (with the proper flags). Even a TB can be > transferred this way across a LAN in a reasonable amount of time. > > > > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Eric Shubert > > wrote: > > > > I think the objective here is to copy the files directly from one > drive > > to the other. No intermediate files or tarball required. ;) > > You could use tar on both sides w/out ever having the tarball > directly > > on a disk by piping it through ssh. I think rsync's the best solution > > though, given that he only wants to transfer files that have changed. > > > > JD Austin wrote: > > > Instead of writing all of the files to the disk make a tar ball > and > > > write that to the disk. > > > tar zcpvf tarball.tar.gz /sourcedir > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Eric Shubert > > > > >> wrote: > > > > > > joe@actionline.com > > > wrote: > > > > What is the procedure and syntax to 'rsync' all of a > > specific set of > > > > directories and files from one computer to another that are > on > > > the same > > > > network? > > > > > > > > I have been burning DVDs on one computer and copying those > > files > > > onto my > > > > other computer(s), but when I download all those files, the > > > permissions > > > > are all changed to be non-writeable files and directories. > > > > > > > > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 9598 Feb 2 15:18 filenames > > > > dr-xr-xr-x 5 root root 6144 Feb 2 21:06 directory-names > > > > > > The files are not writable on the DVD, so when the DVD is > > copied to the > > > HD, they remain not writable. > > > > > > > Is there some way to globally fix that? > > > > > > The chmod command has an -R option. Otherwise, normal file > > name pattern > > > matching applies. > > > > > > > Or would 'rsync' be a better solution? > > > > > > > > I've never used 'rsync' and after reading the 'man' pages, > > I'm still > > > > confused. > > > > > > There are examples in the rsync man page. What specifically > > do you not > > > understand? > > > > > > We can't really give you the command you'd need to use > > without knowing > > > more specifics about the set of directories and machines (ip > > addresses?) > > > you're dealing with. > > > > > > > Is there a way to do this to preserve the file dates > > > > > > There is a -p flag for the cp and scp commands which does > this. > > > > > > > and only copy those > > > > files that are newer (have more recent dates) onto the > > target system? > > > > > > You'll need to use rsync for this part. > > > > > > -- > > > -Eric 'shubes' > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > -Eric 'shubes' > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > > > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >