Q: rsync Windows --backup parameters

[bzels123]

Thanks a lot ,

This explains a lot ("--backup-dir is on the remote).
I should have guest, sorry about this.

But about the fact that it is an old version, your right but :
- on Linux I tried to install the latest version 2.6.2, but the
   "configure"command did never succeed :(, some problems
   about not finding a valid cc or gcc. (/lib/libgcc_s-3.2.2-20030225.so.1)
    even if it is not the newst gcc lib, it should work no ?
   I supose I installed the latest stable linux version (2.40.xx)
   with a clarkconnect 2.2 (March/April 2004) (Redhat 9 ?)
   so I do not understand the install problem. So finaly I found
   the latest ".rpm" compiled package but it's only a 2.5.6 version.
    :(

- on Windows platform, I did find a light version of rsync
   composed only of (rsync.exe, ssh.exe, rsetup.bat, cygwin1.dll)
    that works find as you can see but it is an 2.5.1-dev .
    I didn't find a newer version.

Maybe do you have some comments about the versions on
either Linux or Windows platforms ?

Thanks in advance,

Regards/Cordialement

Bart Zelsmann

PS: and thanks for the french ;)

Robert Scholten a écrit :

> G'day  Bart,
>
> "my" rsync is very old and not recommended!  You can now just install 
> a very minimal cygwin+openssh+rsync that will almost certainly be much 
> better.
>
> Never mind.  The backup-dir is on the *remote* machine, and you 
> probably don't have a /cygdrive/... on your remote machine.  Also, of 
> course only files that exist on the remote machine (in 
> /home/bart2/current2) will be moved to that backup directory on the 
> remote machine.
>
> Cheers/une bonne journée
>
> Robert.
>
> At 10:28 AM 18/06/2004, you wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've seen your page on the internet :
>> http://optics.ph.unimelb.edu.au/help/rsync/rsync_pc1.html
>>
>> Seems to me that I have some problems running the rsync binary
>> with "--backup-dir=PATH" options.
>> The command below runs just fine except for the option
>> above.
>> C:\rsync>rsync --delete -b --backup 
>> --backup-dir=/cygdrive/c/Doc/backup/Fri -ave ssh /cygd
>> rive/c/Doc/backup/desktop/ bart2 at 192.168.0.100:/home/bart2/current2
>> - --------------------
>> Log :
>> rsync: building file list...
>> rsync: 16 files to consider.
>> ./
>> Fichier7.txt
>> Fichier9.txt
>> Mes Documents/
>> Mes Documents/Fichier6_.txt
>> Mes Documents/Fichier8.txt
>> Mes Documents/New Microsoft Excel Worksheet.xls
>> Mes Documents/New Microsoft Word Document.doc
>> Mes Documents/New OpenOffice.org 1.1.0 Texte.sxw
>> Mes Documents/fichier1.txt
>> Mes Documents/fichier2_modifDepuisLaDerniereSauvegard.txt
>> Mes Documents/fichier4Nouveau.txt
>> Mes Documents/fichier5_.txt
>> MesFavories.rar
>> fichier3Aeffacerntre2sauvegarde.txt
>> fichier5Nouveau.txt
>> backup_dir is /cygdrive/c/Doc/backup/Fri
>> wrote 145516 bytes  read 244 bytes  19434.67 bytes/sec
>> total size is 144445  speedup is 0.99
>> - --------------------
>>
>> But directory "/cygdrive/c/Doc/backup/Fri"
>> is desperatly empty :(
>>
>> Could you please Help me?
>> Do you think my version (rsync  version 2.5.1-dev) is bugged?
>>
>> thanks in advance ,
>>
>> Bart Zelsmnann
>
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