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Procyon

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[SOLVED] rsync question about moving data

How does rsync handle directories where files can get moved a lot?

Let's say I have a tv series, 'seriesA', on the first drive, and rsync this entire directory nightly, using --delete and -a
So we get:
/HDD1/tv/watching/seriesA
/HDD2/tv/watching/seriesA

One day I have watched seriesA and put it where it belongs:
/HDD1/tv/seen/seriesA
/HDD2/tv/watching/seriesA

What happens the next time rsync runs?

Is it smart and moves seriesA without having to do any reading/writing, or is it stupid and removes the backup and copies it again from HDD1?

Last edited by Procyon (2009-03-15 17:46:50)

Procyon

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Registered: 2008-05-07

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Re: [SOLVED] rsync question about moving data

I found info on the mailing list. http://www.mail-archive.com/rsync@lists … 23448.html

It doesn't look good (it doesn't have the feature now and probably never will)... There is mention of some other apps that might be able to do it, something to look in to later.

Marking as solved