getting a list of conflicting files

Thu Aug 1 00:35:14 MDT 2013

The problem though comes when i remove the n for the dry run and do an
actual run it is copying them to the local host

On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Kevin Korb <kmk at sanitarium.net> wrote:

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> - -e "ssh" is the default so you can drop it if you want.
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> the rest is pretty much what I said I just spelled them out so they
> would be easier to lookup.  You can also add a --delete if you want to
> see what is missing the dry run prevents it from actually deleting
> anything.
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> On 08/01/13 02:32, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
> > my switches are -ain at this point the problem though is its
> > working but copying them to the same host. I need to test copying
> > to a remote host
> >
> > rsync -ain -e "ssh" "$LOCALDIR" "$REMOTEDIR"
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 8:29 AM, Kevin Korb <kmk at sanitarium.net
> > <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>> wrote:
> >
> > That is only showing new files in a new directory.  The rest
> > depends on the rest of your command line.  For instance if you had
> > --ignore-existing you would never see a changed file.  For a
> > difference list I would probably use --archive --itemize-changes
> > --dry-run and probably not much else.
> >
> > On 08/01/13 02:24, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
> >> this is what im getting currently as a test im running
> >
> >> cd+++++++++ syncDir/
> >>> f+++++++++ syncDir/rsync-3.0.6-1.aix5.3.ppc.rpm f+++++++++
> >>> syncDir/vim-common-6.3-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm f+++++++++
> >>> syncDir/vim-enhanced-6.3-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
> >
> >> does this mean that nothing has changed?
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Kevin Korb <kmk at sanitarium.net
> > <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>
> >> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>>> wrote:
> >
> >> If you are just looking for a list of what is different then
> >> yes.
> >
> >> On 08/01/13 02:21, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
> >>> so Rsync would be a better solution in this case?
> >
> >>> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 8:20 AM, Kevin Korb <kmk at sanitarium.net
> > <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>
> >> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>>
> >>> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>
> > <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>>>> wrote:
> >
> >>> lsyncd is for real time syncing.  Whenever something gets
> >>> changed it would spawn an rsync to update the other copy.
> >
> >>> On 08/01/13 02:18, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
> >>>> At this point im debating if rsync is the right tool. I am
> >>>> trying to determine if lsyncd which is based on rsync would
> >>>> do the trick.
> >
> >
> >>>> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 8:15 AM, Kevin Korb
> >>>> <kmk at sanitarium.net
> > <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>
> >> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>>
> >>> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>
> > <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>>>
> >>>> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>
> > <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>>
> >> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>
> > <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>>>>> wrote:
> >
> >>>> I don't know if conflicting is really the right word but it
> >>>> is a list of differences.  I wouldn't bother with the
> >>>> snapshot unless you are going to process the list and then do
> >>>> the real sync.
> >
> >>>> On 08/01/13 02:10, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
> >>>>> I was thinking of using an lvm snapshot. all i really need
> >>>>> is just a list of the conflicting files to be emailed in a
> >>>>> report.
> >
> >
> >>>>> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Kevin Korb
> >>>>> <kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>
> >> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>>
> >>> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>
> > <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>>>
> >>>> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>
> > <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>>
> >> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>
> > <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>>>>
> >>>>> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>
> > <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>>
> >> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>
> > <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>>>
> >>> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>
> > <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>>
> >> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>
> > <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>>>>>> wrote:
> >
> >>>>> It would tell you what rsync would have done without the
> >>>>> --dry-run and why it would have done it.  But it can't
> >>>>> guarantee that nothing will change between the dry run and
> >>>>> the real run. Of course if your source is a snapshotted
> >>>>> filesystem that won't matter.
> >
> >>>>> On 08/01/13 01:59, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
> >>>>>> I am in the process of writing a script on some testing
> >>>>>> machines and I am wondering if having it perform a dry
> >>>>>> run and itemized the items if it would provide a list of
> >>>>>> differences such as file size and name etc conflicts
> >
> >>>>>> -- Jonathan Aquilina
> >
> >
> >
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> >>>>> -- Jonathan Aquilina
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