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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Norbert Preining wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">So what would you recommend, Norbert ?
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Do we really need to hand-feed you? </pre>
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I have never felt it inappropriate to ask someone with more
experience for their advice. Rsynch, like all Unix utilities is a
complete unknown to me, so when told that <br>
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<pre wrap="">Don't forget that
-a
has a very strong meaning, so that
-a -L
in combination probably does not work ...</pre>
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I cannot see how it can be wrong to ask the person who wrote that
(and who clearly understands Rsynch far far better than I ever will)
what he would recommend. This is not asking to be spoon-fed; it is
asking for advice. "I don't know" is (sadly) one of the most
under-used phrases in the English language.<br>
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<pre wrap="">What about reading the manual
of rsync. THere it is clearly stated that
-a equals -rlptgoD
where
-r recursive
-l copy symlinks as symlinks
-p preserve permissions
-t preserve modification times
-g preserve group
-o preserve owner (super-user only)
-D same as --devices --specials
--devices preserve device files (super-user only)
--specials preserve special files
What makes sense on Windows is - as far as I know, but I really
give not much for testing it -
-r
only,
So a simple
rsync -rL ...
should get you going. You could add -t, if you want.
Norbert
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Thank you Norbert; I genuinely appreciated your help.<br>
** Phil.<br>
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Philip Taylor</div>
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