also sprach Courtney Thomas <ccthomas@flash.net> [2002.01.06.0200 +0100]:
> I've just installed a new HD. What do I need to do to prepare it for use
> with rsync ?
>
> What command is appropriate to exactly mirror the original HD ?
assuming mount-points /new and /old, rsync will mirror like this:
rsync -avutP --delete --delete-after /old/ /new
you can leave the -v and -P options out if you wish (less verbose).
take care to postfix the /old with a slash, but *not* to have one after
/new. man rsync will explain this - it has to do with the --delete flag.
> I've also not used SSH before. What is required to enable this capability ?
assuming the other harddrive was on another machine called "newhdd",
you'd use rsync tunneled over SSH like this:
rsync -avutP -e ssh --delete --delete-after /old/ newhdd:/new
hth
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