rsync backup

[Karl F. Larsen]

Res wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Nov 2009, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> 
>> 	I changed it to your letters and it still does not write to
>> the backup hd.
> 
> You are doing this root aren't you? You have set password as well?
> Also, you mention HDD? Not much point in using rsync if you are sending it 
> to a HDD on same machine, just use  cp -a /dir /dir /dir /destination, and
> please don't tell me you are backing up to another partition on the same HDD
> :)  That's just a plain waste of time.
> 
> 

	Yes to the above except I am backing up to a HD in a plastic 
box that connects to a USB port. I use root even though man 
rsync says you do not need to. I think you must and there are 
no passwords.

	The problem with cp -a is you can't do a incremental backup. 
Rsync is good at that.


Karl


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