[Preston] synching a linux dir to a windows98 dir

[Dougie Nisbet]

On Thursday 26 August 2004 15:43, Matthew T. Atkinson wrote:

> Is it definitely copying the entire file over again, or is it just
> mentioning that it is processing a file?  The reason I ask is that some
> combinations of the various --verbose and --progress -type switches do
> make it print out the names of all the files (which makes it look like
> it is copying them) but actually it has noticed there is no difference
> and is just saying ``I've acknowledged the existence of this file''.
> Try it with the --progress and --stats switches; this will give the ETA
> for copying large files (but won't print out an ETA if it's not copying
> the file).  It also prints out a report at the end that might shed some
> light on what the program is ``thinking''.
Could be something in that. I'll check it out, once ....

> As a general tip I'd say use --dry-run _a lot_ before you do any real
> work that involves the use of the --delete* switches.  I learnt that one
> from [painful] experience, too...

oh yes indeed. I'm sitting here in horror after realising that I should really 
have engaged brain a bit more before typing in:

    mirrordir --no-chown --no-chmod /store/photos /backing_up/roberta/c

/backing_up/roberta/c is the smb mounted C:\ drive for Mrs Dougie's computer. 
Oh dear oh dear oh dear. I thought it was taking a long time. Oh boy - her 
desktop is looking, how shall we say, a bit sparse at the moment.  Hmmm, 
she'll be home from work in about an hour - wonder if that's enough time to 
re-install windows 98 and apps.

> I seem to remember this topic cropping up before and I'm pretty sure it
> was you that brought it up (apologies if I've got that wrong) -- I hope
> that this time we can sort it out for you.  rsync is very nice but it
> can be difficult to get it set up just right sometimes because of the
> huge differences between the ways in which it can be used.

could be - I think I posted something to the debian or uk linux newsgroup. 
It's something I return to from time to time, then get bored, and never get 
around to fixing. I'll well and truly knackered it this time!