2010/1/18 Johannes Wiedersich <johan...@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Leonardo Canducci wrote: >> I'm using rsync -aHS to backup some stuff (mostly jpgs and docs from >> my home) to an external usb hard drive (same ext3 fs). > > [snip] > >> I'd like the size of the backup to be exactly the same and check sync >> result with du. >> >> BTW, is there some better fast check I could do to test rsync behavior? > > If your data and the backup are important to you, the question is not, > whether your check is fast, but if it is accurate. I'd suggest you use > the -cnv options of rsync to check for differences between source and > target. It will display all different files (ie. files with different > checksum) without modifying anything.
I just wanted to get a fast (not accurate) check with some other tool. I knew about -c switch but I read it's really slow and my backup is 30Gb. > > FWIW, why do you use the -S option and are you aware of the consequences: > > /---man rsync--- > -S, --sparse > Try to handle sparse files efficiently so they take up > less space on the destination. Conflicts with > --inplace because it’s not possible to overwrite data in a > sparse fashion. I read the man page and I usually use plain rsync -a. I was told to try -aHS on a chat after having the same problem with rsync -a. -- Leonardo Canducci -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
