Make rsync resume correctly...

assasukasse · 06-24-2008, 05:12 AM

Hello everyone
i am using rsync for backing up to an usb disk, unfortunately it happens that the usb hub is a bit borked and disconnects the drive every 30 mins or so
I am trying to make rsync resume the backup from the last file it was doing and not start all over and over again
how can i do it?
at the moment i use:
rsync -Pav /home/foo /mnt/bkp

but seems that it always restarts from the beginning..
what can i do?
thanks

billymayday · 06-24-2008, 05:17 AM

It should only have to redo the initial file list part, it should start transferring the file that was disconnected.

Have a more careful look at the first file that actually gets transferred

assasukasse · 06-24-2008, 09:44 AM

thanks billymayday i will check carefully
do u know if is possible to do incremental backups with rsync?

billymayday · 06-24-2008, 03:59 PM

It does a version - have a look at the man pages