Recommended rsync tutorials?

[bruce.labitt at autoliv.com]

gnhlug-discuss-bounces at mail.gnhlug.org wrote on 10/19/2010 10:17:56 AM:

> Tom Buskey <tom at buskey.name> writes:
> > On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Bruce Labitt
> > <bruce.labitt at myfairpoint.net>wrote:
> > >
> > >  I'm looking to use rsync on a cron job to do some
> > > 'backup'.  I've read man rsync and a few 'tutorials'.  It
> > > looks not too hard - this worries me.  :)
> > >
> > > Anyone have a good/favorite tutorial on rsync that talks
> > > about how to do this over ssh and avoids common pitfalls?
> > > (like unmounted nfs...) lmgtfy, would not be too helpful.
> > > Done that, checked out a few of them, looking for something
> > > relatively understandable...
> > 
> > Try it manually 1st.  Put it into a script that you call in cron.
> > 
> > You can setup ssh keys so you don't have passwords.
> > 
> > Usually it's rsync -av source dest:dest-dir
> > 
> > If you delete files on the source and want them deleted on the dest, 
use
> > --delete
> 
> And don't forget --dry-run to see what you're going to do before you do 
it,
> and --one-file-system to skip over (active) mountpoints.
> 
> -- 
> "Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))."
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Thanks for the tip on --dry-run.  I don't understand --one-file-system, 
what does that do?

Bruce

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