rsync question...

[Chapter11]

I have a script that calls rsync in the following way:

rsync -x -v -rlptgoD --delete-after --progress --exclude-from=/etc/rsync.exclude.list ${FS} rsync://(server)/(module)

The intent is to perform a backup of this machine via rsync. This is placed in a while-do-done loop to fill in the value of ${FS}

The problem I am having is that it seems to be doing a full re-copy of everything every time. For example, /usr/bin is dead static - on this machine, /usr doesn't change, but the logging I have on the server side indicates that every file in /usr/bin is being deleted and resynced every time the script is run.

How can I stop this? I went over the flag list, and it appears that the flags are in order.

 

[AHinMaine]

What values are being submitted to the while loop?



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Andy

http://www.nachoz.com

"Historically speaking, the presence of wheels in Unix has never precluded their reinvention."
Larry Wall

 

[Chapter11]

The while loop loops through a list of filesystems, which are fed as ${FS}

 

[vgersh99]

don't us FS as your variable name. FS is shell's FieldSeparator builtin variable. You might be having a name conflict.

vlad
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[PHV]

vlad,
FS is a builtin variable in awk.
In shell, this is IFS.

 

[Chapter11]

the script is in ksh, and FS is not a reserved name. I've used it extensively as a variable in other scripts with no problems.

 

[vgersh99]

ooops - misread the post.
nevermind me.

vlad
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