Verifying backups

[Kevin Korb]

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Remove the -n and look at the results.  You would be copying the one
dir into the two dir instead of copying the contents of the one dir
into the two dir.

On 09/30/2015 08:28 PM, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
> 
> In message <560C79FF.5010302 at sanitarium.net>, Kevin Korb
> <kmk at sanitarium.net> wrote:
> 
>> Because you are making two/one.  Change to: rsync -n -v
>> --itemize-changes -checksum -a one/ two/
> 
> OK, I tried it with your suggested command line, and yes, that
> produces rather more substantially useful results.  However...
> 
> Perhaps I am just a bit thick, but I really don't have any idea
> what you mean what you say that I am "making two/one" when I do it
> the other way.  Can you clarify that comment and enlighten me
> (please)?
> 
> 

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