getting a list of conflicting files

Kevin Korb kmk at sanitarium.net
Thu Aug 1 00:42:14 MDT 2013


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You are saying that it does more stuff than that without the -n?  That
shouldn't happen.

As to your other email, I am BasketCase on #rsync.

On 08/01/13 02:35, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>> wrote:
> 
> -e "ssh" is the default so you can drop it if you want.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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>
>> <mailto: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>>
>>> <mailto: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>>>
>>>> <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:
> 
>>>> 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>>>>
>>>>> <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:
> 
>>>>> 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>>>>>
>>>>>> <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 <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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>> -- Jonathan Aquilina
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> 
> -- Jonathan Aquilina

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