On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 12:29:48 PM -0500, ken wrote:
Considering using rsync on a couple systems for backup, I was wondering if it's possible, and if so how difficult is it...
sorry to step in so late, but I have another question on this very topic.
I have noticed that if I just _change_ the name of a folder, rsync doesn't realizes it. That is, if folder holidays_2013 contains, say, 1000 pictures of 10 MB each, I rsync it to a remote computer and then change its name locally to family_holidays_2013, on the next run rsync:
- deletes the remote holidays_2013 and all its content
- creates a remote family_holidays_2013
- uploads again to it ALL the 1000 pictures of 10 MB each
even if all the "rsyncing" needed would be something equivalent to "mv holidays_2013 family_holidays_2013" on the remote server. Is it possible to tell rsync to behave in that way? I think not, but I'd like to be proven wrong on this.
TIA, Marco