On Tuesday 08 July 2008 06:35:10 am Brian K. White wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob S" <911@sanctum.com> To:
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 8:13 PM Subject: [opensuse] Two simple rsync questions Hi SuSE people,
1 When I backup a direcory (home for instance) rsync copies everything UNDER that folder. How can I make it keep the title directory? "home"
2 How do YOU restore. A whole directory or just a few files for instance. Does it overwrite?
This is all covered in "man rsync" There are even sample rsync commands for common usage like that.
<snip instructions> Wow Brian you sound like the man page, but lots more instructive. I read the man page several times and found it confusing for somebody who has never used the program. info man did give some examples.
This is all just what's convenient and sane for me, which is perhaps only true for me and/or only in the context of other factors particular to my operations. There are many many ways to use rsync because it has many features to cover many situations. If any of this doesn't fit in with your plans, well, that is why the man page exists to describe everything rsync can do.
I am simply preserving files and their structure to a USB hard drive. Some of those instructions sound a little scary to me. I will do a little experimentation with some innocuous stuff that isn't important. Thanks for being helpful. Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org