rsync backup

[William Park]

----- Original Message ----
> From: teddy mills <teddymills-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Sent: Tue, December 7, 2010 3:02:40 PM
> Subject: [TLUG]: rsync backup
> 
> 
> I rsync from /home/teddy/ to an external USB hard disk. It works  fine.
> 
> rsync -avz --delete --exclude-from '/home/teddy/rsync-exclude'  /home/teddy  
>/media/backup
> 
> /home/teddy/rsync-exclude
> .gvfs
> 
> (weird .gvfs, I  exclude it)
> 
> 
> /dev/sdb1              459G  301G  136G  69% /media/backup
> 
> 
> I decided to put a  trailing slash on /home/teddy/ and /media/backup/
> and run rsync again. rsync  started deleting everything. (--delete) (301GB)
> I stopped it quick that and  took out the slashes and reran rsync.
> 
> It seems like I am stuck now using  it without slashes.
> 
> Question1:
> Is there a way I can run rsync with the  trailing slashes, without deleting 
>everything?

Look into /media/backup.  I would guess it has /media/backup/teddy.  In that 
case, move
all its subdirectory to parent directory.

> 
> Question2:
> Before I  start the backup, I would like to know if I am getting full USB2 
>speed.
> How  can I do a non-destructive hdparm  test?

The only thing I know is
     hdparm -tT

-- 
William



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