Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 25/06/10 13:34, Craig White wrote: >> should work if you can ping it > Also, someone suggested using "rsync" [which I asked about several > days ago and got no response?] > > The message suggesting rsync was received in t-bird on the "new" > computer [box9] and when I ran: > > [bobg@box9 ~]$ rsync -av bobg@box6:/home/bobg/.thunderbird . try; [bobg@box9 ~]$ rsync -a -r -v bobg@box6:/home/bobg/.thunderbird/ ./ you must have '/' at end of each path. > The message was lost. This does a fine job of making both sets of > mail files the same, effectively replacing the box9 files with the > box6 mail files which was what I wanted to do in the first place. > But now I would also like to keep the existing messages and add to > box9 any new messages that box6 has collected. [bobg@box9 ~]$ rsync -a -r -u -v bobg@box6:/home/bobg/.thunderbird/ ./ '-u' is update files. -- peace out. tc,hago. g . **** in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it. to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look* at it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ ****
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