backing_up_home_using_rsync
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- | ====== Backing Up $HOME Using rsync ====== | + | ====== Backing Up $HOME ====== |
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Rsync will allow you to syncronize your data on SDF to an area on another computer. Using rsync will enable you to copy only new files or files that have changed. This saves bandwidth for both parties and greatly speeds up the operation. Rsync is in current development, | Rsync will allow you to syncronize your data on SDF to an area on another computer. Using rsync will enable you to copy only new files or files that have changed. This saves bandwidth for both parties and greatly speeds up the operation. Rsync is in current development, | ||
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===== Basic rsync backup. ===== | ===== Basic rsync backup. ===== | ||
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You will be using rsync on a machine to CONNECT TO SDF. What follows is NOT designed to be run from SDF. On the machine you wish to backup your SDF home directory to, issue the following: | You will be using rsync on a machine to CONNECT TO SDF. What follows is NOT designed to be run from SDF. On the machine you wish to backup your SDF home directory to, issue the following: | ||
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Most often, the trailing slash when specifying a directory is optional. To rsync, however, the trailing slash has meaning when specifying the source directory. Omitting the trailing slash cause the entire directory structure of the source files to be recreated on the destination machine. Specifying the trailing slash, however, causes the directory structure only to be recreated from the given directory. | Most often, the trailing slash when specifying a directory is optional. To rsync, however, the trailing slash has meaning when specifying the source directory. Omitting the trailing slash cause the entire directory structure of the source files to be recreated on the destination machine. Specifying the trailing slash, however, causes the directory structure only to be recreated from the given directory. | ||
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backing_up_home_using_rsync.txt · Last modified: 2024/07/20 07:48 by hc9