rsync help

[JD Austin]

Shawn Badger wrote:
> I need to sync a folder on 2 servers, sounds easy, but the catch is 
> that they basically have to mirror each other. So if I deleted a file 
> on one it goes away on the other, but If I add a file it shows up on 
> both. The catch is that a file could be added or deleted form either 
> system. Is there a way to make rsync catch these changes and make sure 
> they get mirrored? The other option I am thinking about involves 
> running a script that copies new files to a "holding area" and point 
> both servers to the holding area for the sync source. the downside to 
> that is I don't know how to handle deletes. I haven't had much luck 
> with Google on this yet, but I am still looking.
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I do that in one direction on one of my servers; I left the extra fluff 
in case you nee to exclude files or limit the bandwidth:
rsync -avz --delete --rsh=ssh --stats --progress 
--password-file=/root/.rsyncpw
--bwlimit=500 --exclude='*Norton\ Ghost\ Backup*' 
root at 192.168.0.103:/newdrive/*
 /newdrive

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JD Austin
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