I am running a successful rsync via ssh.
Everything works fine until I encounter the file windows xp.vdi. It apparently stops there. This is a virtualdisk containing (suprise!) windows xp.
I was able to create it like that, but rsync is not happy with the space in the name and comes to a halt.
A. can I change the name of the file without fubaring my Windows installation in Virtualbox?
B. Or is there a way to get rsync to take the space in the name?
rsync comes to a hold when encountering names w. spaces
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rsync comes to a hold when encountering names w. spaces
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Re: rsync comes to a hold when encountering names w. spaces
You shouldn't need to change the filename. Here explains how to handle spaces in file names.
I saw something earlier today about Windows filesystems with rsync but I've lost it now, sorry.
I saw something earlier today about Windows filesystems with rsync but I've lost it now, sorry.
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Re: rsync comes to a hold when encountering names w. spaces
Oh, sorry. I think our Psycho-Uber-Sensomatic-Geek was supposed to answer that for you.
Okay, I'll just run along and go to bed now... lol.
Okay, I'll just run along and go to bed now... lol.
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Re: rsync comes to a hold when encountering names w. spaces
Thanks the ? seems to work when I handle that file alone with rsync(not sure tho..). The problem is of course that rsync copies a "zillion" files when I back up my home directory so I have to automate the acceptance of space, to avoid the stop.
Must be something I have failed to install on the server... checking again...
Must be something I have failed to install on the server... checking again...
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Re: rsync comes to a hold when encountering names w. spaces
From @developerworks on Twitter: "Advanced applications of rsync for #UNIX - Best tool for distributing files > http://su.pr/1HRbLl #AIX #Solaris #HPUX"
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Re: rsync comes to a hold when encountering names w. spaces
Excellent documentation there - thanks. It will most certainly solve my problem I will report back here once I have picked a solution. I am thinking off that must be good for something
And here it is (sort of)
First I added the --times option (-t). It ensures that files are not copied just because the time has changed. That speeds things up so further testing is possible.
I then simply excluded the virtualhd "windows xp.vdi". This makes the backup run like a breeze.
Now I have only one file that is not backed up; windows xp.vdi. Still working on that one......
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--exclude
And here it is (sort of)
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rsync --delete -aztvv --exclude=thomas/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/'windows xp.vdi' -e ssh /home/thomas thomas@viking60-server:/media/B_disk/Backup
First I added the --times option (-t). It ensures that files are not copied just because the time has changed. That speeds things up so further testing is possible.
I then simply excluded the virtualhd "windows xp.vdi". This makes the backup run like a breeze.
Now I have only one file that is not backed up; windows xp.vdi. Still working on that one......
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Re: rsync comes to a hold when encountering names w. spaces
Type rsync -h, and hit enter. Look at all the exclude stuff there is there.
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Options
-v, --verbose increase verbosity
-q, --quiet suppress non-error messages
--no-motd suppress daemon-mode MOTD (see manpage caveat)
-c, --checksum skip based on checksum, not mod-time & size
-a, --archive archive mode; equals -rlptgoD (no -H,-A,-X)
--no-OPTION turn off an implied OPTION (e.g. --no-D)
-r, --recursive recurse into directories
-R, --relative use relative path names
--no-implied-dirs don't send implied dirs with --relative
-b, --backup make backups (see --suffix & --backup-dir)
--backup-dir=DIR make backups into hierarchy based in DIR
--suffix=SUFFIX set backup suffix (default ~ w/o --backup-dir)
--backup-dir-dels=DIR backup removed files into hierarchy based in DIR
--suffix-dels=SUFFIX set removed-files suffix (def. --suffix w/o b-d-d)
-u, --update skip files that are newer on the receiver
--inplace update destination files in-place (SEE MAN PAGE)
--append append data onto shorter files
--append-verify like --append, but with old data in file checksum
-d, --dirs transfer directories without recursing
-l, --links copy symlinks as symlinks
-L, --copy-links transform symlink into referent file/dir
--copy-unsafe-links only "unsafe" symlinks are transformed
--safe-links ignore symlinks that point outside the source tree
-k, --copy-dirlinks transform symlink to a dir into referent dir
-K, --keep-dirlinks treat symlinked dir on receiver as dir
-H, --hard-links preserve hard links
-p, --perms preserve permissions
-E, --executability preserve the file's executability
--chmod=CHMOD affect file and/or directory permissions
-A, --acls preserve ACLs (implies --perms)
-X, --xattrs preserve extended attributes
-o, --owner preserve owner (super-user only)
-g, --group preserve group
--devices preserve device files (super-user only)
--specials preserve special files
-D same as --devices --specials
-t, --times preserve modification times
-O, --omit-dir-times omit directories from --times
--super receiver attempts super-user activities
--fake-super store/recover privileged attrs using xattrs
-S, --sparse handle sparse files efficiently
-n, --dry-run perform a trial run with no changes made
-W, --whole-file copy files whole (without delta-xfer algorithm)
-x, --one-file-system don't cross filesystem boundaries
-B, --block-size=SIZE force a fixed checksum block-size
-e, --rsh=COMMAND specify the remote shell to use
--rsync-path=PROGRAM specify the rsync to run on the remote machine
--existing skip creating new files on receiver
--ignore-existing skip updating files that already exist on receiver
--remove-source-files sender removes synchronized files (non-dirs)
--del an alias for --delete-during
--delete delete extraneous files from destination dirs
--delete-before receiver deletes before transfer, not during
--delete-during receiver deletes during transfer (default)
--delete-delay find deletions during, delete after
--delete-after receiver deletes after transfer, not during
--delete-excluded also delete excluded files from destination dirs
--ignore-errors delete even if there are I/O errors
--force force deletion of directories even if not empty
--max-delete=NUM don't delete more than NUM files
--max-size=SIZE don't transfer any file larger than SIZE
--min-size=SIZE don't transfer any file smaller than SIZE
--partial keep partially transferred files
--partial-dir=DIR put a partially transferred file into DIR
--delay-updates put all updated files into place at transfer's end
-m, --prune-empty-dirs prune empty directory chains from the file-list
--numeric-ids don't map uid/gid values by user/group name
--timeout=SECONDS set I/O timeout in seconds
--contimeout=SECONDS set daemon connection timeout in seconds
-I, --ignore-times don't skip files that match in size and mod-time
--size-only skip files that match in size
--modify-window=NUM compare mod-times with reduced accuracy
-T, --temp-dir=DIR create temporary files in directory DIR
-y, --fuzzy find similar file for basis if no dest file
--compare-dest=DIR also compare destination files relative to DIR
--copy-dest=DIR ... and include copies of unchanged files
--link-dest=DIR hardlink to files in DIR when unchanged
-z, --compress compress file data during the transfer
--compress-level=NUM explicitly set compression level
--skip-compress=LIST skip compressing files with a suffix in LIST
--> -C, --cvs-exclude auto-ignore files the same way CVS does
--> -f, --filter=RULE add a file-filtering RULE
--> -F same as --filter='dir-merge /.rsync-filter'
repeated: --filter='- .rsync-filter'
--> --exclude=PATTERN exclude files matching PATTERN
--> --exclude-from=FILE read exclude patterns from FILE
--> --include=PATTERN don't exclude files matching PATTERN
--> --include-from=FILE read include patterns from FILE
--> --files-from=FILE read list of source-file names from FILE
-0, --from0 all *-from/filter files are delimited by 0s
-s, --protect-args no space-splitting; only wildcard special-chars
--address=ADDRESS bind address for outgoing socket to daemon
--port=PORT specify double-colon alternate port number
--sockopts=OPTIONS specify custom TCP options
--blocking-io use blocking I/O for the remote shell
--stats give some file-transfer stats
-8, --8-bit-output leave high-bit chars unescaped in output
-h, --human-readable output numbers in a human-readable format
--progress show progress during transfer
-P same as --partial --progress
-i, --itemize-changes output a change-summary for all updates
--out-format=FORMAT output updates using the specified FORMAT
--log-file=FILE log what we're doing to the specified FILE
--log-file-format=FMT log updates using the specified FMT
--password-file=FILE read daemon-access password from FILE
--list-only list the files instead of copying them
--bwlimit=KBPS limit I/O bandwidth; KBytes per second
--write-batch=FILE write a batched update to FILE
--only-write-batch=FILE like --write-batch but w/o updating destination
--read-batch=FILE read a batched update from FILE
--protocol=NUM force an older protocol version to be used
--iconv=CONVERT_SPEC request charset conversion of filenames
-4, --ipv4 prefer IPv4
-6, --ipv6 prefer IPv6
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