getting a list of conflicting files

Kevin Korb kmk at sanitarium.net
Thu Aug 1 00:29:47 MDT 2013


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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?
> 
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> 
> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Kevin Korb <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>>> 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>>>> 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>>>>> 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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>>> -- Jonathan Aquilina
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>> -- Jonathan Aquilina
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> -- Jonathan Aquilina

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