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Author: Michael
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: rsync problem
what about this:
"read only file system" thing?

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 10:15 PM, Sesso <> wrote:

> Try using just --delete instead of --delete-before
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 9, 2016, at 7:09 PM, Michael <> wrote:
>
> well, I just ran it with the trailing slash and it gave me the same output
> as before except it happened immediately. The USB drive wasn't accessd for
> five minutes.
>
> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 10:04 PM, Bob Elzer <> wrote:
>
>> My syncs look like this
>>
>> Rsync -rauh --delete /frompath/fromdir /topath/todir
>>
>> This copies the fromdir into the todir directory and copies all files and
>> directories below fromdir
>>
>> -r recursive
>> -a archive - which is synonymous to -rlptgoD
>> -u update :don't over write newer files
>> -W copy whole files (don't do delta)
>> -h human readable numbers
>>
>> This backs up my stuff to an external drive, thus I don't need to do a
>> delta or compression because it is all local
>> --delete Any files that were removed from the source will be removed
>> from the destination
>>
>> If I were copying across a network, I add -z and remove -W
>> Which will compress the transfer and only send changes when possible.
>>
>> Normally I use --quiet and change it to --verbose or --progress when I
>> want to monitor it
>> On May 9, 2016 4:05 PM, "Michael" <> wrote:
>>
>>> When I run rsync one file (a directory) will not sync and the files in
>>> that file. I was wondering why. I thought that maybe if the file was in
>>> there to start that would fix it and it does so if only temporarily. Upon
>>> the next run of rsync the directory in question is deleted.
>>> the command that is run:
>>> $ rsync -aWuq --delete-before /home/bmike1/Documents
>>> /media/bmike1/RedSanDisk
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FAfv-aLaQR6HWUx8M-aZF4QL8oAsi6SH2Xg01vKpTPI/edit?usp=sharing
>>>
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