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Old 04-08-2015, 03:01 AM   #1
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rsync that never "removes" or "deletes"


Hi all,
I would like to run rsync in a way that only add files or replaced edited files but it never removes something.

For example lets say that there is a hardware error on my source and instead of my 20.000 files only shows 2 (file system error, hard disk error whatever).
I do not want the rsync to say "Hey the 20.000 files now became 2. Remove the 20.000 and just keep the 2"

Right now I am calling rsync as :
rsync -rav -e ssh [source] [destination]

How I can improve my rsync to never remove something that is already copied?

I would like to thank you for your reply

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Alex
 
Old 04-08-2015, 03:15 AM   #2
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You're already doing that.
 
Old 04-08-2015, 03:52 AM   #3
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To expand on that, rsync only deletes files at the target location when it is run with one of the --delete options. More info on that with
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man rsync
 
Old 04-08-2015, 06:03 AM   #4
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Cool.. so if my source files for some reason are moved.. (Virus, system administration, whatever) I will still keep them in my back up external hard disk

Regards
Alex
 
Old 04-08-2015, 08:42 AM   #5
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Cool.. so if my source files for some reason are moved.. (Virus, system administration, whatever) I will still keep them in my back up external hard disk

Regards
Alex
yes, you might also want to consider multiple directories for backups too. IE: dow Mon, Tue, etc...
 
Old 04-08-2015, 12:32 PM   #6
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Cool.. so if my source files for some reason are moved.. (Virus, system administration, whatever) I will still keep them in my back up external hard disk

Regards
Alex
Yes, but it has a downside. If you move or rename a large piece of data (say a directory) it is moved on your source disk, but duplicated on your backup disk.

As long as you take this into account there is no problem.

Since you should have at least 2 backup disks anyway (one disk might crash or get damaged during use) you can run rsync on purpose with the --delete switch when you are sure your second backup is sound.

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Old 04-10-2015, 12:24 AM   #7
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Thanks guys
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