[X-Unix] rsync help

[Dan DeRusha]

Eric-

I would be interested in your script and cron entry.
Thanks for sharing, this will help with a project coming up.

Dan


On Jan 24, 2008, at 11:03 AM, Eric F Crist wrote:

> On Jan 24, 2008, at 10:06 AM, Craig Hoffman wrote:
>
>> Hi There,
>> I'm trying to backup my music directory to a network drive.  The  
>> music directory is quite large (176.81GB).   My plan is write a  
>> AppleScript and schedule it in iCal.  I've done this before and it  
>> works well.  I've been experimenting with rsync and I can't seem to  
>> get it work correctly.  It brings over the directories but none of  
>> the files.  I also receive this error message: failed: Operation  
>> not supported (45)
>>
>> Sample:
>> rsync -xrlptgoEv --ignore-existing /Volumes/Twilight/Music/ / 
>> Volumes/teakettle/Music
>>
>> Any help would be great.  I'm open to other ideas too.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Craig
>
> Craig,
>
> I do something similar for my entire home directories on the laptops  
> in our house.  I actually use cron to schedule the backups, which  
> occur every hour (when the laptop isn't sleeping).
>
> My rsync script does a bunch of extra logging stuff I'll leave out  
> here, but this should point you in the right direction:
> rsync -av --delete ~/ --exclude="Caches" --exclude="*.cdr" -- 
> exclude="*.iso" --exclude=".Trash" --exclude=".Spotlight-V100" -- 
> exclude=".Trashes" <hostname>:<destination_dir>
>
> The above script makes an *exact* copy of what's in my home  
> directory, and doesn't transfer the few big files I may have,  
> including .cdr and .iso images.  I'm also excluding the .Trash  
> and .Trashes directorys (why transfer my garbage?)   
> Caches, .Spotlight-V100 are also ignored, as this data can be easily  
> regenerated upon a restore.  The av options being passed are really  
> all you should need.
>
> All that being said, I would sum up your script with:
>
> rsync -av /Volumes/Twilight/Music/ /Volumes/teakettle/Music
>
> If you, or anyone, want to see my entire script and the cron entry,  
> I'd be willing to share.
> -----
> Eric F Crist
> Secure Computing Networks
>
>
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