How to get log file for rsync operation? Does rsync also delete remote files?

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?

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

Goran

Goran Ivanic schrieb:
> 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 ......

maybe you are looking for

--log-file=FILE log what we're doing to the specified FILE

See man rsync.

Martin

In comp.os.linux.misc Goran Ivanic <goran@lycos.com> wrote:
> 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?

Looks like you didn't RTFM?

--log-file=FILE
--log-file-format=FORMAT

> I want to write (append !!) to the log file:

> - Which files were transferred

Is send by rsync to stdout.

> - When the rsync operation took place

Simply add a time stamp to your logfile, or see what above
"--log-file" can do for you, i have never used it.

> - How much bytes were transferred (total sum) in the rsync operation

Is send by rsync to stdout.

> How can I get such a log file otherwise?

Redirect stdout + stderr to your logfile and add a time stamp
prior to firing up rsync or see what "--log-file" can do for you.

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

Yep, using "--delete" as pointed out in the man page. Something
like the following should do the trick (untested):

rsync -avz --delete /source /destination 2>&1 >> $logfile

I left adding the time stamp as experiment for you.

Good luck

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On Sun, 04 May 2008 07:33:43 +0000, Goran Ivanic wrote:

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

rsync -avpl --progress --stats should be pretty close to what you want.

On May 4, 2:33 am, go...@lycos.com (Goran Ivanic) wrote:
> 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?

what *nix box are you using? I have rsync under Ubuntu and RHEL5, and
they use very different ways to handle logfile:

for Ubuntu, I use:

rsync -aqC --delete -i --log-file=/var/log/mytest.log SRC DEST
2>&1 1>/dev/null

(logfile are in append mode automatically. at least for my server)

for RHEL5:

rsync -i --delete -avC SRC DEST 1>>/var/log/mytest.log 2>/dev/null

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

use --delete option, old files which are not on SRC will be removed
from the DESC.

lihao

On May 4, 12:33 pm, go...@lycos.com (Goran Ivanic) wrote:
> 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

Possibly:

rsync -auvz -e ssh server:/path/source server:/destination/path >>
your custom-Logs file

other wise U may use sometime like below:
rsync -auvz --log-format=FORMAT -e ssh server:/path/source server:/
destination/path

where you may specify the log-format in your rsyncd.conf if you are
running a rsyncd ( daemon ) ( I never tried this, as I've been using
STDOUT option ^ Above ^ for logging the statistics of file
transfers...

Hope this helps..

Regards,




>
> How can I get such a log file otherwise?
>
> BTW: Does rsync delete remote files (from previous rsync operations) if they are not existing
> any more on the source system ?
>
> Goran

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.

--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

On 04 May 2008 07:33:43 GMT, goran@lycos.com (Goran Ivanic) wrote:

>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?

With simple redirection:
rsync (your options) >>yourlogfile 2>&1

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

It can. See the --delete option(s) in the man page.



Scott McMillan

> How can I get such a log file otherwise?

rsync ... >> logfile
is good enough for me. Or:
--log-file=FILE log what we're doing to the specified FILE
--log-file-format=FMT log updates using the specified FMT

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

--delete delete extraneous files from dest dirs
--
Guillaume Dargaud
http://www.gdargaud.net/

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

You really should take some time and look at a good 'man' page on
rsync. Everything you want is supported, here a few starter options:

-v, --verbose
This option increases the amount of information you are given during the transfer. By default, rsync works
silently. A single -v will give you information about what files are being transferred and a brief summary at
the end. Two -v flags will give you information on what files are being skipped and slightly more information
at the end. More than two -v flags should only be used if you are debugging rsync.

--delete
This tells rsync to delete any files on the receiving side that aren$B!G(Bt on the sending side. Files that are
excluded from transfer are excluded from being deleted unless you use --delete-excluded.

--log-format=FORMAT
This allows you to specify exactly what the rsync client logs to stdout on a per-file basis. The log format
is specified using the same format conventions as the log format option in rsyncd.conf.


Hope this helps!
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