On Sunday 12 March 2006 10:53, Paul Smith wrote: > On 3/12/06, Anne Wilson <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Part one - making a script to create the second generation backup onto > > diskB - is not a big problem. What is a bigger problem is what to use > > for the second part. Rsync does not seem to be the right tool for this. > > I don't want all the older stuff copied back onto the workstation, I just > > want the new stuff added to the archive. I'm mainly thinking of a photo > > archive. > > Rsync can be configure in order to copy only the new stuff: option -u. > Ah, yes. That brings up another question. I had always thought that rsync was bi-directional - i.e. it synchronises the source and destination so that they are identical. Then someone said that it doesn't do that at all, it is uni-directional. It's a long time since I read the man page - I'll do that today - but any help/guidance/experience would be appreciated. Anne
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