possible rsync tip for linc

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possible rsync tip for linc

Post by snarkout » Fri Feb 10, 2006 11:57 pm

Link - I was reading your blog post about backing up your media files, and how vfat sucks at some of this stuff. Have you looked at the "--size-only" switch? It works well for me when I'm using rsync to backup my mp3s, etc, and is a hell of a lot faster during the "building file list" phase. I don't know if it works well (or at all) for fat32 though since I don't have any fat drives kicking around.
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Re: possible rsync tip for linc

Post by Linc » Sat Feb 11, 2006 1:38 am

Snarkout wrote:Link - I was reading your blog post about backing up your media files, and how vfat sucks at some of this stuff. Have you looked at the "--size-only" switch? It works well for me when I'm using rsync to backup my mp3s, etc, and is a hell of a lot faster during the "building file list" phase. I don't know if it works well (or at all) for fat32 though since I don't have any fat drives kicking around.
Nothing works well on vfat :-) I just reformat all my drives as ext3. Rsync works great then. I use it all the time!
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