Re: rsync and removable devices

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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



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