rsync
I think i'm doing something wrong with rsync - i wanted to run rsync to do a full backup then just backup the files that have changed - i found that rsync -av wasn't working for me so i tried rsync -rlpt last night, then tried it again but it's taking as long as yesterday. which can't be right, i did a ls -alt on the directory i'm backing up before i ran rsync and only a few files and directories changed since yesterday, so the backup should be much faster. is there some other way to run rsync
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i looked at the man page for rsync and -a is like -rlptgoD but i can't use oD, so shouldn't
rsync -rlptguz
do essitially the same as
rsync -auz
without the oD of course
one other thing that seems strange is i'm doing a du -s on the target pc and the directory got larger for a bit, then shrank.
another thing i just thought i should mention i'm backing up from a hpux box to a linux box - would that affect rsync?
rsync -rlptguz
do essitially the same as
rsync -auz
without the oD of course
one other thing that seems strange is i'm doing a du -s on the target pc and the directory got larger for a bit, then shrank.
another thing i just thought i should mention i'm backing up from a hpux box to a linux box - would that affect rsync?
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do not use -z unless you have very slow network between two hosts (over the internet).
It will slow down the process..
It will slow down the process..
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ok, I CAN'T use rsync -av - I have to use rsync -rlpt , i did also run --stat and this is what it came up with
number of files: 15921
number of files transfered: 398
total file size 16650797862 bytes
total transferred file size: 10579788509 bytes
literal data: 10579793629 bytes
matched data: 0 bytes
file list size: 325233
files list generation time: 0.001 seconds
files list transfer time: 0.000 seconds
total bytes sent: 10581427274
total bytes received: 7952
sent 10581427247 bytes received 7952 2582412.50 bytes/sec
total size is 16650797862 speedup is 1.57
from the stats i get the impression that rsync spends a lot of time analyzing files, looking at the status - would there be a way to speed up rsync? i think it takes about an hour and 1/2 to run. when i did a ls of the directory i'm backing up, not a lot of files are changing, so i thought the backup would be like 20 minutes.
number of files: 15921
number of files transfered: 398
total file size 16650797862 bytes
total transferred file size: 10579788509 bytes
literal data: 10579793629 bytes
matched data: 0 bytes
file list size: 325233
files list generation time: 0.001 seconds
files list transfer time: 0.000 seconds
total bytes sent: 10581427274
total bytes received: 7952
sent 10581427247 bytes received 7952 2582412.50 bytes/sec
total size is 16650797862 speedup is 1.57
from the stats i get the impression that rsync spends a lot of time analyzing files, looking at the status - would there be a way to speed up rsync? i think it takes about an hour and 1/2 to run. when i did a ls of the directory i'm backing up, not a lot of files are changing, so i thought the backup would be like 20 minutes.
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thank you.
-u skip files that are newer on the receiver
By the way, -a include -l and -t, so -alt is the same as -a.