On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 5:08 AM, J Martin Rushton martinrushton56@btinternet.com wrote:
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On 10/11/15 21:05, Gordon Messmer wrote:
On 11/10/2015 12:16 PM, Warren Young wrote:
Well, be fair, rsync can also miss files if files are changing while the backup occurs. Once rsync has passed through a given section of the tree, it will not see any subsequent changes.
I think you miss my meaning. Consider this sequence of events:
- "find" begins and processes dirA and then dirB * another
application writes files in dirA * "find" completes * a new timestamp file is written
Now, the new file in dirA wasn't seen by find during this run, and it won't be seen on the next run either. That's what I mean by missed. Not temporarily missed, but permanently. That file won't ever be backed up in this very naïve process.
That's plain bad system analysis. Read the start date, record the current date and THEN start processing. You will get the odd extra file but will not loose any.
Heartily agree. I was about to post my response but saw yours.
Cheers, -- Arun Khan