[X-Unix] rsync help

[Richard Hartman]

On Jan 24, 2008, at 8:06 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.
>

Here is what I use:

$ rsync -avz /source_directory/  /destination_directory/

To see only what would be copied without actually doing the copy, use  
the -n flag thusly:

$ rsync -navz /source_directory/  /destination_directory/

The -a flag is the one that captures most of what you need, I think;  
check the man page.

Good luck,

Richard