[clue-tech] rsync with flashdrive
Brian Gibson
bwg1974 at yahoo.com
Thu Aug 6 11:47:04 MDT 2009
you may want to try reformatting the destination filesystem to match the source filesystem, if only to eliminate that as a potential cause
----- Original Message ----
From: "Adrian F. Nagle, IV" <anagle at naglenet.org>
To: ml.clue-tech clue <clue-tech at cluedenver.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2009 7:38:29 AM
Subject: [clue-tech] rsync with flashdrive
Is there a trick with rsync to update files onto the flash-drive?
Every quarter, I back up important files onto a flash drive and stick it in a safe deposit box. I have a directory with the entire flashdrive contents, which includes my encrypted files, as well as PortableApps with software to read the files. I used to simply 'cp -R' everything onto the drive, but with PortableApps and OpenOffice, it takes a long time.
So, I'm trying to use rsync. My first attempt was with 'rsync -av --delete source/ dest/'. I received a bunch of chgrp permissions could not be changed. I decided that was a result of the archive option and the FAT formatted flash-drive. So I ran 'rsync -r --delete source/dest/' which I think worked. At some point one of my files matched up with the source. However, there is at least another file that did not get updated (has a date from April, and it should be Aug.).
I would like to find the proper trick to use rsync for my flash-drive and preserve as much info as possible (like file mod date). I was surprised when it did not work the second time.
Adrian
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Adrian Nagle ~ anagle at naglenet.org
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