<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_21427"></div><div class="" id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2509">Hi,</div><div class="" id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2517"><br class=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2808" dir="ltr">I
am trying to use rsync for incremental backup and I am facing some
issues. I would like to ask your help to understand what is going on and
have the proper command line. <br class=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2544" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2619" dir="ltr">1) my goal is <br class=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2809" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2622" dir="ltr">I the following folders:</div><div class="" id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2635" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2651" dir="ltr">./dest:<br class="">file3.txt<br class=""><br class="">./orig:<br class="">file1.txt file10.txt file2.txt file20.txt<br class=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2714" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2713" dir="ltr">And I would like to have as incremental backup</div><div class="" id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2712" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2711" dir="ltr">./dest:<br class="">backup file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt<br class=""><br class="">./dest/backup:</div><div class="" id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2716" dir="ltr">file1.txt file10.txt file2.txt file20.txt</div><div class="" id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2733" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2732" dir="ltr">./orig:<br class="">file1.txt file10.txt file2.txt file20.txt<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2650" dir="ltr">However, I got the following. Also, if I repeat the command, the files are deleted from /dest.</div><div class="" id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2810" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2784" dir="ltr">./dest:<br class="">backup file1.txt file10.txt file2.txt file20.txt file3.txt<br class=""><br class="">./dest/backup:<br class=""><br class="">./orig:<br class="">file1.txt file10.txt file2.txt file20.txt<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2621" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2620" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2545" dir="ltr">2) simulation that I did <br class=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2687" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2546" dir="ltr">[billqap1:/tmp/edbcdsj/rsynctests]:
rsync --backup --backup-dir=backup -avi --compare-dest=../dest
/tmp/edbcdsj/rsynctests/orig/ /tmp/edbcdsj/rsynctests/dest/<br class="">sending incremental file list<br class="">>f+++++++++ file1.txt<br class="">>f+++++++++ file10.txt<br class="">>f+++++++++ file2.txt<br class="">>f+++++++++ file20.txt<br class=""><br class="">sent 283 bytes received 92 bytes 750.00 bytes/sec<br class="">total size is 0 speedup is 0.00<br class="">[billqap1:/tmp/edbcdsj/rsynctests]: ls -R<br class="">backup-fullincremental.sh backup-fullincremental2.sh dest orig<br class=""><br class="">./dest:<br class="">backup file1.txt file10.txt file2.txt file20.txt file3.txt<br class=""><br class="">./dest/backup:<br class=""><br class="">./orig:<br class="">file1.txt file10.txt file2.txt file20.txt<br class="">[billqap1:/tmp/edbcdsj/rsynctests]:
rsync --backup --backup-dir=backup -avi --compare-dest=../dest
/tmp/edbcdsj/rsynctests/orig/ /tmp/edbcdsj/rsynctests/dest/<br class="">sending incremental file list<br class=""><br class="">sent 123 bytes received 12 bytes 270.00 bytes/sec<br class="">total size is 0 speedup is 0.00<br class="">[billqap1:/tmp/edbcdsj/rsynctests]:<br class="">[billqap1:/tmp/edbcdsj/rsynctests]:<br class="">[billqap1:/tmp/edbcdsj/rsynctests]: ls -R<br class="">backup-fullincremental.sh backup-fullincremental2.sh dest orig<br class=""><br class="">./dest:<br class="">backup file3.txt<br class=""><br class="">./dest/backup:<br class=""><br class="">./orig:<br class="">file1.txt file10.txt file2.txt file20.txt<br class="">[billqap1:/tmp/edbcdsj/rsynctests]:<br class=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2612" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_21619" class="" dir="ltr">Thanks, <br class=""></div><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_20887" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Regards,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_21620" dir="ltr">CJ<br></div></div> <br><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> Em Quinta-feira, 3 de Setembro de 2015 9:13, Celso de Sousa Junior <celso_de_sousa_junior@yahoo.com.br> escreveu:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv3442568033"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2509">Hi,</div><div id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2517"><br></div><div id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2808" dir="ltr">I am trying to use rsync for incremental backup and I am facing some issues. I would like to ask your help to understand what is going on and have the proper command line. <br></div><div id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2544" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2619" dir="ltr">1) my goal is <br></div><div id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2809" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2622" dir="ltr">I the following folders:</div><div id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2635" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2651" dir="ltr">./dest:<br class="yiv3442568033">file3.txt<br class="yiv3442568033"><br class="yiv3442568033">./orig:<br class="yiv3442568033">file1.txt file10.txt file2.txt file20.txt<br class="yiv3442568033"></div><div id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2714" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2713" dir="ltr">And I would like to have as incremental backup</div><div id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2712" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2711" dir="ltr">./dest:<br class="yiv3442568033">backup file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt<br class="yiv3442568033"><br class="yiv3442568033">./dest/backup:</div><div id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2716" dir="ltr">file1.txt file10.txt file2.txt file20.txt</div><div id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2733" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2732" dir="ltr">./orig:<br class="yiv3442568033">file1.txt file10.txt file2.txt file20.txt<br class="yiv3442568033"><br class="yiv3442568033"><br></div><div id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2650" dir="ltr">However, I got the following. Also, if I repeat the command, the files are deleted from /dest.</div><div id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2810" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2784" dir="ltr">./dest:<br class="yiv3442568033">backup file1.txt file10.txt file2.txt file20.txt file3.txt<br class="yiv3442568033"><br class="yiv3442568033">./dest/backup:<br class="yiv3442568033"><br class="yiv3442568033">./orig:<br class="yiv3442568033">file1.txt file10.txt file2.txt file20.txt<br class="yiv3442568033"><br></div><div id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2621" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2620" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2545" dir="ltr">2) simulation that I did <br></div><div id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2687" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2546" dir="ltr">[billqap1:/tmp/edbcdsj/rsynctests]: rsync --backup --backup-dir=backup -avi --compare-dest=../dest /tmp/edbcdsj/rsynctests/orig/ /tmp/edbcdsj/rsynctests/dest/<br class="yiv3442568033">sending incremental file list<br class="yiv3442568033">>f+++++++++ file1.txt<br class="yiv3442568033">>f+++++++++ file10.txt<br class="yiv3442568033">>f+++++++++ file2.txt<br class="yiv3442568033">>f+++++++++ file20.txt<br class="yiv3442568033"><br class="yiv3442568033">sent 283 bytes received 92 bytes 750.00 bytes/sec<br class="yiv3442568033">total size is 0 speedup is 0.00<br class="yiv3442568033">[billqap1:/tmp/edbcdsj/rsynctests]: ls -R<br class="yiv3442568033">backup-fullincremental.sh backup-fullincremental2.sh dest orig<br class="yiv3442568033"><br class="yiv3442568033">./dest:<br class="yiv3442568033">backup file1.txt file10.txt file2.txt file20.txt file3.txt<br class="yiv3442568033"><br class="yiv3442568033">./dest/backup:<br class="yiv3442568033"><br class="yiv3442568033">./orig:<br class="yiv3442568033">file1.txt file10.txt file2.txt file20.txt<br class="yiv3442568033">[billqap1:/tmp/edbcdsj/rsynctests]: rsync --backup --backup-dir=backup -avi --compare-dest=../dest /tmp/edbcdsj/rsynctests/orig/ /tmp/edbcdsj/rsynctests/dest/<br class="yiv3442568033">sending incremental file list<br class="yiv3442568033"><br class="yiv3442568033">sent 123 bytes received 12 bytes 270.00 bytes/sec<br class="yiv3442568033">total size is 0 speedup is 0.00<br class="yiv3442568033">[billqap1:/tmp/edbcdsj/rsynctests]:<br class="yiv3442568033">[billqap1:/tmp/edbcdsj/rsynctests]:<br class="yiv3442568033">[billqap1:/tmp/edbcdsj/rsynctests]: ls -R<br class="yiv3442568033">backup-fullincremental.sh backup-fullincremental2.sh dest orig<br class="yiv3442568033"><br class="yiv3442568033">./dest:<br class="yiv3442568033">backup file3.txt<br class="yiv3442568033"><br class="yiv3442568033">./dest/backup:<br class="yiv3442568033"><br class="yiv3442568033">./orig:<br class="yiv3442568033">file1.txt file10.txt file2.txt file20.txt<br class="yiv3442568033">[billqap1:/tmp/edbcdsj/rsynctests]:<br class="yiv3442568033"></div><div id="yiv3442568033yui_3_16_0_1_1441281996801_2612" dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks, <br></div><div dir="ltr">Regards,</div><div dir="ltr">Celso <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br> </div></div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>