Tweaking rsync logs

jwonnacott · 06-11-2013, 01:22 AM

Good morning All, I'm new to posting here but I've found the forum a great place for answers over the years!
I use rsync to incrementally back up a large amount of data (total size about 5TB) each night and it works brilliantly.
I'd like to be able to see the file sizes and modify dates in the rsync logs, is this possible?

Many thanks,

James

shm0 · 06-11-2013, 03:43 AM

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Originally Posted by jwonnacott

I'd like to be able to see the file sizes and modify dates in the rsync logs, is this possible?

In the rsyncd.conf file, and under the "log format" parameter, you can add "%l" for length of the file in bytes and "%M" for the last-modified time of the file. Check the man page for full info.

jwonnacott · 06-11-2013, 04:16 AM

Many thanks shm0.

James

jwonnacott · 06-11-2013, 04:28 AM

Interesting, I don't have an rsyncd.conf!
However it works if I put it in the command line as log-file-format.

Many thanks for your help.

James.