[mythtv-users] Using the mythconverg_backup.pl script (slightly OT)

f-myth-users at media.mit.edu f-myth-users at media.mit.edu
Thu Dec 3 03:56:03 UTC 2009


You probably want to check out the various --delete options that rsync
provides.  Be sure to use --dry-run while you're experimenting!

This is safer than a cron job---the latter could wipe out -all- your
backups if something isn't creating new ones but the cron job is
expiring old ones.  And rsync's --delete is careful not to delete
anything on the destination if it gets I/O errors on the source, so
you won't be left holding a bag full o' nothing.

If the manpages aren't clear, you might want to try searching the
rsync list's archives, which talks about this sort of thing quite
frequently.


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