save transfer:using rsync

[Madan Kumar-2]

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Hi all,

I need to know the details of "save transfer" command using rsync. What is the purpose of using this command.

Can we save only the diffs of files using this command? Does it works on stand alone system?

Please give me the syntax this command for stand alone system as i want to back up of one directory to another directory(these may be in different partition of hard disk).

 

 

Your suggestions are important to me. 

 

 

 

 

Thanks

Regards

M Chauhan

 

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[Matt McCutchen-7]

On Mon, 2008-06-23 at 12:55 +0530, Madan Kumar wrote:
> I need to know the details of "save transfer" command using rsync.
> What is the purpose of using this command.
> Can we save only the diffs of files using this command?

The "support/savetransfer" program dumps all the data exchanged between
the rsync client and server to a file.  It is really designed only for
debugging.  If you want to save the diffs in a form that you can replay
later, use a batch file (see the "BATCH MODE" section of the rsync man
page).

> Does it works on stand alone system?
> Please give me the syntax this command for stand alone system as i
> want to back up of one directory to another directory(these may be in
> different partition of hard disk).

To use savetransfer with source and destination on the same machine, use
the fake remote shell "support/lsh" that comes in the rsync source tree.
The examples at the top of savetransfer.c become:

rsync -av --rsh="savetransfer -i /tmp/to.server lsh" \
        --rsync-path="savetransfer -i /tmp/from.client rsync" \
        SOURCE DEST

rsync -av --rsh="savetransfer -o /tmp/from.server lsh" \
        --rsync-path="savetransfer -o /tmp/to.client rsync" \
        SOURCE DEST

where one of SOURCE, DEST (but not both) begins with "localhost:".
Adjust the paths to savetransfer and lsh as necessary.

Matt


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