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penglaxy
Oct 11, 2013Aspirant
[HEADACHE]How does rsync do full backup???
In READYNAS USER GUIDE, I find that rsync can do full backup every 3 weeks, according to your rsync job. I know that rsync does full backup the first time it sync files. But how does it do full ...
StephenB
Oct 11, 2013Guru - Experienced User
--whole-file tells rsync how to copy, it does not tell it what to copy.
If you want to do a full backup (e.g., copy everything) then you need -I. http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/rsync.html
If you want to do a full backup (e.g., copy everything) then you need -I. http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/rsync.html
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