strange behavier after finished backup

[Benjamin R. Haskell]

On Fri, 20 Aug 2010, baleareninsel at gmx.net wrote:

> Verry fast answer... Thank you Tony
> 
> 
> > 
> > Hola,
> > 
> > new to the list and maybe having problems with english I ask for a
> > friendly and a not too difficult answer.
> > 
> > Using Windows 7 Pro,
> > D-link DNS-323 NAS-Storage
> > rSync: actual Version (just downloaded)
> > 
> > Here is the stange behavier:
> > I use
> > rsync.exe -a -v --progress --delete --ignore-errors --force
> > /cygdrive/N/ /cygdrive/ "//SPEICHER/Volume_1/Backup/10-er/D$/"
> 
> << Assuming the above was all on one line: 
> YES!
> << Rsync.exe -a -v --progress --delete --ignore errors --force
> << /cygdrive/N/	##-- this is the N drive ####### the source
> << /cygdrive/		##--  this is ALL the drives that cygwin can find
> << "//SPEICHER/...	##--  this is the TARGET.  The above TWO parameters are sources.
> 
> Why TWO parameters??? As I read I must use "cygdrive" under windows 
> for each drive. (Source and target)

Ignoring the other flags, your command is the same as:

rsync -a /cygdrive/N/ /cygdrive/ //backup-path/
         (source)     (source)   (target)

Which says:

Archive (-a) everything...
...from /cygdrive/N/ (the 'N:' drive)
...and from /cygdrive/ (all of your drives, including 'N:' again)
...to "//SPEICHER/Volume_1/Backup/10-er/D$/" (your NAS).

You must use '/cygdrive/' for each drive listed as a source or target, 
but in this case, you're only interested in one drive (the source: 
'N:').


> > So I want to backup the drive "N" from the Windows-Computer to
> > //SPEICHER/Volume_1/Backup/10-er/D$/ on the NAS-Drive
> > 
> > That works fine until all files are copied from "N" to
> > //SPEICHER/Volume_1/Backup/10-er/D$/
> > 
> > After finishing that rSync starts to coppy ALL Drives (c:,D:,E:,...)
> > from the Windows system to the NAS-Drive //SPEICHER/Volume_1/Backup/10-
> > er/D$/ which is, of course not, what I want :(
> 
> << This comes from the SECOND SOURCE PARAMETER /cygdrive/
> Hmmmm... and what to do delete the  SECOND SOURCE PARAMETER ?? Yust 
> nou use the second "/cygdrive/"? 

Yes.  Just don't use the second /cygdrive/.

-- 
Best,
Ben