On Friday 20 April 2007, Dario Lesca wrote: > Il giorno ven, 20/04/2007 alle 14.42 +0100, Anne Wilson ha scritto: > > On both the box and the laptop I can see the files in konqueror > > for example into /media/key ... > > > - so it is > > mounting the drive correctly. > > Yes > > > I can move files around manually. What I > > can't do is find an rsync command that will address the removable drive. > > when it is mount, the removable device is like a folder.. > > then if you want sync the files on box, via removable drive, to laptop i > propose: > > 1) on box: > # test -d /media/key/folder-with-big-file && > rsync -avz (--delete) /home/user/folder-with-big-file /media/key > > 2) unplug removable device from box, plug removable device on laptop > > 3) on laptop: > # test -d /media/key/folder-with-big-file && > rsync -avz (--delete) /media/key/folder-with-big-file /home/user > > (warning for --delete) > > Is this what you want? > Thanks for replying, Dario. The real problem was that I had assumed that everyone was mounting drives under /media. Mandriva 2007.0 doesn't. I've sorted it now. Anne
