We violently agree :)
That was my point originally (grin).
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Eric Shubert <
ejs@shubes.net> 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 <ejs@shubes.net
> > <mailto:ejs@shubes.net>> 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 <ejs@shubes.net
> > <mailto:ejs@shubes.net>
> > > <mailto:ejs@shubes.net <mailto:ejs@shubes.net>>> wrote:
> > >
> > > joe@actionline.com <mailto:joe@actionline.com>
> > <mailto:joe@actionline.com <mailto: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.
> > >
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