Article:		Automated Backups on Tiger Using rsync
Subject:		Whats wrong with my syntax?
Date:		2006-04-06 20:19:17
From:		machine117
I am trying to rsync using the command found on page one, but constantly get this error: My commandrsync -aE --delete ~/Desktop /Volumes/WD250/BU rsync: -E: unknown option rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1023) What am I doing wrong? I noticed in the rsync man that it uses -e with the --delete flag, not -E, but when I use that, I get mixed results. Files copy over, but with don't keep any settings such as what program opens them, and applications come out useless. Any help appreciated!

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• Whats wrong with my syntax?
  2006-12-17 22:58:23  valdi [View]
  
  
  Im running the following command:
  
  rsync -aE --delete /Users/MacBook/Desktop/me/ /Volumes/HD/ 2>>~/rsyncErr.txt || echo -n
  
  and its working fine, but my problem is the volume HD when i drag it to terminal sometimes it shows HD, sometimes it shows HD-1 and sometimes HD-2, im really confused .. cause if its hd-1 and its written in the command as hd-2 it will not take a backup.
  
  note that HD is a folder located in the Xserve raid and its connected to my computer through the ethernet network!
  how can i avoid this problem!
  thanks

• Whats wrong with my syntax?
  2006-04-06 20:34:39  machine117 [View]
  
  
  Double correction: I found the error of my ways. After reading a different article, I remembered that a while back I had installed and subsequently removed RsyncX, not knowing it changed my syntax. All is well with this instead:
  
  -a --eahfs --delete

• Whats wrong with my syntax?
  2006-04-06 20:27:29  machine117 [View]
  
  
  Correction: Apps are OK, my mistake.