It seems that the compress doesn't work. size of Documents folder: bmike1@c521 ~ $ du -hs Documents/ which lists the size of 19G bmike1@c521 /media/bmike1/USB DISK $ du -hs ./ 20G ./ --compress-level=5 made it bigger! Or else do I also need to include '-z' as well? On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > got it to backup. But still, please answer my question about the 'exclude' > option and how much I can compress it. I got it to backup by erasing the > .Trash folder. Why don't pendrives make the space available after you > delete a file? > > rsync -auWq --progress --delete --compress-level=5 /home/bmike1/Documents > /media/bmike1/"USB DISK"/ > rsync: rename "/media/bmike1/USB DISK/Documents/.forwardspamto .elhlC4" > -> "Documents/forwardspamto ": Invalid argument (22) > rsync: mkstemp "/media/bmike1/USB > DISK/Documents/Business/Receipts/lazycash/.index.html?a_aid=509c458b25b79.sGaqe4" > failed: Invalid argument (22) > > rsync: mkstemp "/media/bmike1/USB > DISK/Documents/ComputerInstructions/.ForgotPassword?.xVeqCC" failed: > Invalid argument (22) > rsync: mkstemp "/media/bmike1/USB > DISK/Documents/Education/.Screenshot-LFS101x.2 Progress | edX - Google > Chrome.png.eyN1PK" failed: Invalid argument (22) > rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors) > (code 23) at main.c(1183) [sender=3.1.0] > > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 8:07 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> I keep running out of space on the flash drive. How tightly can I >> compress it? >> Could I get it to not copy files like so: --exclude=string* so that it >> would exclude all files string >> ???????????????????????? >> >> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Michael Havens >> wrote: >> >>> thanks! >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Brian Cluff wrote: >>> >>>> Use --delete if you want the destination to have any files that have >>>> been deleted from the source to also deleted in the destination. >>>> >>>> The -q option just suppresses any output that isn't an error, I tend to >>>> leave it off do that I can see what file it's currently working on. You >>>> can add or remove it as needed. >>>> >>>> Brian Cluff >>>> >>>> On 09/21/2015 03:42 AM, Michael Havens wrote: >>>> >>>>> what about the -q option and the --delete option? i noticed that you >>>>> didn't use them in your command 'rsync -auW /sort/directory >>>>> /dest/directory/'. >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 10:34 PM, Brian Cluff >>>> > wrote: >>>>> >>>>> If you are backing up locally you will want to do things a little >>>>> different size as: >>>>> >>>>> rsync -auW /sort/directory /dest/directory/ >>>>> >>>>> You will want to skip the -z option and the corresponding >>>>> --compress-level option. Since you are doing copying everything >>>>> locally that will only cause the machine to compress and >>>>> immediately >>>>> decompress every file that is copied wasting a ton of CPU/power. >>>>> >>>>> The other thing you will want to do is use the -W flag, that tells >>>>> the machine to copy whole files instead of looking for what has >>>>> changed between the documents. That way it can look at the time >>>>> and/or size and if it's changed it will just copy the whole file. >>>>> Without that flag it would read through both the source and >>>>> destination file and then just copy the differences by writing a >>>>> whole new file, so with the -W (whole file) flag the machine just >>>>> reads/writes the file once and is a lot more efficient/faster. >>>>> >>>>> This can also be a good flag to set on fast networks since it can >>>>> be >>>>> a lot faster just to re-copy the whole file than it is to have the >>>>> hard drive reading the file multiple times. >>>>> >>>>> The progress flag is very nice, but unless you are planning on >>>>> closely monitoring your copy, I would skip it as I've found that it >>>>> tends to slow down the transfer... or at least make it feel that >>>>> way, like a watched pot never boils :) >>>>> >>>>> On your slash at end end question. A slash at the end tends to >>>>> mean >>>>> that you want to put the source files/dirs into that directory and >>>>> a >>>>> destination without a slash usually means that you want to rename >>>>> your source file/directory to that destination file/dir name. >>>>> >>>>> Lastly the -h option gives you the sizes in easily readable terms >>>>> or >>>>> in other words, instead of just giving you the size in bytes it >>>>> will >>>>> give you size that look like 100K 2.4M 1.8G >>>>> >>>>> Brian Cluff >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 09/20/2015 05:34 AM, Michael Havens wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I know how to use rsync (sorta) to backup a disk and go between >>>>> remote >>>>> machines. With my current incarnation of the os I'm not so >>>>> worried about >>>>> backing up the whole system as I am a directory (and all of the >>>>> directories under it) nor copying between remote machines. The >>>>> directory >>>>> is the 'Documents' directory. Would I: >>>>> >>>>> rsync -aquz --compress-level=5 /home/bmike1/Documents >>>>> /media/bmike1/USB >>>>> DISK/ >>>>> -- >>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: