Re: [linux-audio-user] OT: rsync mirror, scripting question

> Hi,
>
> I use rsync and cron to mirror the /dev/sda array.
> Mounted into that array is removable media that should
> not be mirrored. I'm sure someone will see why $LABEL
> is not being excluded much quicker than I can.
>
> #!/bin/bash
> #mirror ~/clients, delete from destination anything
> that doesn't exist at source
> #do not mirror removable media; anything other than
> /dev/sda
> #kill with ctrl-c, --partial allows resuming of
> session
>
> #find scsi device labels
> for arg in `ls /dev/sd[b-d][1-16]`
> do
> echo `/sbin/dumpe2fs -h $arg |grep Filesystem\
> volume\ name` > /home/studio/.bin/syncExclude
> done
>
> #use sed for character substitution
> LABELS=`cat /home/studio/.bin/syncExclude |sed
> 's/Filesystem volume name:\ //'`
>
> rsync --exclude=$LABELS --rsh=ssh --times --perms
> --owner --verbose --progress --compress --delete
> --recursive --stats --partial
> --temp-dir=/media/mirror/tmp --bwlimit=0
> /home/studio/clients/ /media/mirror/clients
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron

Why don't you simply use -x?

$ man rsync 2>/dev/null | grep one-file
        -x, --one-file-system don't cross filesystem boundaries
$

Regards,
/Karl

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Received on Wed Jul 26 12:15:06 2006