Jza Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 I want to sync my laptop in a way that my configuration folders ~/.<folder> are sync but the actual visible content is not. Actually I want specifically to ignore softlinks since they dont apply on my desktop. Any idea? Since I have never used rsync and would be my first time I would like some advise so I dont mess it up doing a wrong sync that will overwrite my data. Also they use different distros and I dont know if that would/could be a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jboy Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 Here are some rsync links and tips. Note the following useful parameters: -u updates only if files are newer -t preserve datetime stamps -n dry-run;test what would be done but don't actually do it automated backups with rsync: http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/#Rsync Use rsync to mirror data between 2 machines: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/answers/80 Using rsync: https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=26540 Backups with rsync: http://rimuhosting.com/howto/rsync.jsp Rsync over ssh: http://www.aerospacesoftware.com/rsync-ssh-howto.html Using rsync to update iso images: http://cybercfo.gkmweb.com/rsync-mandrakeiso.html Using rsync with exclude file: http://ilc.geektyme.org/viewtopic.php?t=246 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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