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Subject: Re: Two-way Sync of Directories - how? (rsync?)
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-P appears to allow you to show progress graphically with the -v switch 
also chosen.

I think his example:

cd $directory
rsync -e ssh -vaurP ./ $remote:$directory
rsync -e ssh -vaurP $remote:$directory/ .

was meant to look like:

cd $directory
rsync -e ssh -vaurP ./ $remote:$directory
rsync -e ssh -vaurP $remote:$directory ./ <-- (dot)(slash) not (slash)(space)(dot)

a trailing slash copies directory contents whereas not having the slash copies that directory, too.  (I.E. if I am rsyncing /home/me on two machines, /home/me will copy everything including the me directory, whereas /home/me/ will only copy the contents of me.  This becomes important - as I have learned the hard way - when syncronizing two dissimilar directories - i.e. /home/me to /backup/me/date.)  

hth,
Steve Fettig

p.s.  I hope I got Bill's message correctly...



Stephen Liu wrote:

>On Monday 15 March 2004 04:10, Bill Campbell wrote:
>
>  
>
>>I would do this with two rsync runs from one machine
>>
>>cd $directory
>>rsync -e ssh -vaurP ./ $remote:$directory
>>rsync -e ssh -vaurP $remote:$directory/ .
>>    
>>
>
>Hi Bill,
>
>Is the option
>-P  --partial  -- progress
>means 'incremental'    ???
>
>What will be difference between
>'./ $remote:$directory'  and  '$remote:$directory/'
>
>TIA
>
>B.R.
>Stephen Liu
>
>
>
>
>  
>
>>Better yet, set up the directories in the rsyncd.conf files on
>>each machine:
>>
>>cd $directory
>>rsync -vaurP ./ ${remote}::dir_module/
>>rsync -vaurP ${remote}::dir_module/ .
>>
>>Bill
>>    
>>
>
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