Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:47:51 -0800, Grant wrote:
My laptop is currently still copying everything to my desktop system
via tar and ssh. I generally have to run rc on the desktop system
periodically to make sure network-dependent services are still running
as the desktop sometimes loses the wireless connection temporarily.
When I ran rc this morning, I saw that ssh started so it must have
stopped some time overnight as it usually does. The laptop was still
running the tar | ssh command I had started the night before. Could
the desktop be missing some of the laptop's data since the desktop
wasn't running ssh all night, or would it "catch up" now that ssh is
running?
Use rsync to make sure the copy contains an exact copy of the laptop's
files.
Please use rsync. The idea of that tar ssh nonsense makes my head hurt
especially if it's getting interrupted often. rsync has the ability to
walk the filesystem and then only transfer the things that are missing
in incomplete.
I'd use some variation on this command line
rsync -avz -e "ssh -c blowfish" /src [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/dst/
The Blowfish encryption requires the least CPU in my experience and that
may make things faster.
You can also buy a standard IDE to laptop harddrive converter cable for
under $10. Plug you laptop hard drive into your desktop, start you
desktop, mount the laptop drive, and rsync away between your disk.
kashani
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