On Monday, 2 March 2026 13:08:37 Greenwich Mean Time Dale wrote: > I was hoping I could do a whole directory not each individual file. It > looks like this can't be done which may be why my searches lead > nowhere. The method you two posted is similar to what I found but > it's way to complicated for me. My command line skills isn't very > good.
There was this past thread discussing how to check a directory full of files and a handy script provided by Frank: https://marc.info/?t=172540602600001&r=1&w=2 > I checked the rsync man page, I can't find a option for checking a > file when it is being copied over. I found a mention of checksum > that lets you tell it what checksum tool to use but can't find the > option where I tell it to do the check. Does it have a weird name > that isn't obvious as to what it does?? > > Thanks to you both. > > Dale > > :-) :-) You need --checksum and --dry-run, AFTER you have completed your fresh backup. It will be quicker than when it is copying files over.
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