2009/7/7 Niall O Broin <niall at linux.ie>
> On 7 Jul 2009, at 12:25, Patrick O'Connor wrote:
>> Thanks for all the responses, it looks like I'll be building a bash script
>> alright. I have the bulk of the mails backed up onto the new machine so
>> won't need to be doing a big transfer across the network. Any mails since
>> the backup will be brought across by modifying the script to only include
>> mails from a certain date.
>>>> This is exactly why you use rsync - no need to mess with find, just run
> rsync again and it will only copy what's new. HOWEVER, know what you're
> doing, and look at the --dryrun option. By default, rsync decides that files
> have changed based on their size and modification time, and if you didn't do
> the initial copy with rsync, you mightn't have preserved those attributes.
That's what concerned me about rsync alright. I'll use the --dryrun option
to see if I can get away with just the later mails being rsynced. Methinks
I'll be back again to the list for that...
Patrick
>>> I'll delve into the manuals for find and cpio to see what I can come up
>> with.
>>>> Repeat after me - rsync, rsync, rsync.
>>>> Niall
>
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