goran@lycos.com (Goran Ivanic) writes:
> I am planning to use rsync for a daily backup to a remote backup server.
>
> When I read the rsync manual it does not become clear on how to write a log file for the rsync operation.
>
> I am missing options like:
>
> rsync ..... -logfile=\home\backup\rsync.log -logmode=append ......
>
> Did I miss these options?
>
> I want to write (append !!) to the log file:
>
> - Which files were transferred
> - When the rsync operation took place
> - How much bytes were transferred (total sum) in the rsync operation
>
> How can I get such a log file otherwise?

First, I'm not sure you cross posted to enough newsgroups.


You can redirect stderr and stdout to a logfile.

rsync blah blah 2>&1 >> mylogfile.txt

> BTW: Does rsync delete remote files (from previous rsync operations) if they are not existing
> any more on the source system ?

It can, if you specify the --delete option. See man rsync for more.

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