rsync is bad

[Karl Larsen]

SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 20:04 -0400, Brian McKee wrote:
>   
>> On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 7:54 PM, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
>>     
>>>    I hoped that rsync would result in a copy of the original but fails
>>> to do so. It seems to do something to GTK+ which no-one including me,
>>> has the first clue how to fix. I have had no luck with rsync so will
>>> stop using it.
>>>
>>>    So I will back off to dd which I know works just fine. That will be
>>> my next way to copy this Ubuntu 7.10 to another partition. Forget rsync
>>> it has bad problems.
>>>       
>> Karl
>>    Thousands of people have been rsync for many many years to copy
>> ungodly numbers of Terrabytes of data.
>> I don't doubt you are having a problem, but it ain't rsync.....
>> Please don't make blanket statements like that.
>> It's a poor musician....
>>
>> Brian
>>     
>
> Hi everybody
> Even as a greenhorn / Linux newbie I am able to second Brian's answer !
>
> Just recently started using rsync internally and to another unit and 
> got all the checks 100% perfect: 
> Always exact same figures of files and size on source and target !!
>
> Well, if one starts experimenting / reading / study the hefty manual it 
> shows its power and with that many of options / parameters there is 
> the danger of:  Easily wrongdoing !!!
>
> Cheers, svobi
>
>
>   
    OK. How many times have you used rsync to copy a whole system to 
another partition and then had it work properly?

Karl


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