getting a list of conflicting files

Jonathan Aquilina eagles051387 at gmail.com
Thu Aug 1 00:32:12 MDT 2013


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> wrote:

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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?
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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