Answer by Gabriel Staples for How can I use rsync with a FAT file system?
These are my preferred rsync commands to/from FAT and exFAT filesystems:SOURCE_PATH="path/to/source/dir"DESTINATION_PATH="path/to/destination/dir"# Option 1. **Copy** from source to destination.## dry...
View ArticleAnswer by Radu Potop for How can I use rsync with a FAT file system?
I found that rsync -rtcvP SRC DEST works very well with FAT32.Instead of using the popular archive (-a) transfer mode this one uses the recursive+times+checksums flags.The checksums (-c) flag is the...
View ArticleAnswer by mloskot for How can I use rsync with a FAT file system?
I use rsync to backup my photos I store and process on laptop running Linux (Ubuntu 10.4). I backup them to a very basic NAS with 1TB hard disk formatted as FAT32. The NAS case and firmware is very...
View ArticleAnswer by thraxil for How can I use rsync with a FAT file system?
I would recommend reformatting to a Linux file system if you possibly can. As mentioned, FAT has relatively low file size limits and might not handle permissions and ownership quite right. More...
View ArticleAnswer by Bart Silverstrim for How can I use rsync with a FAT file system?
Is there a reason you're using the FAT drive? Rsync should work to save data, but you'll lose meta information about files...ownership, permissions, etc...and you risk having issues if you ever rsync...
View ArticleAnswer by Jon Rhoades for How can I use rsync with a FAT file system?
Yes reformat! You should always use a better file system than FAT unless you have to for compatibility reasons!I'd suggest you format the drive using the same file system that you are rsyncing from...
View ArticleAnswer by Chopper3 for How can I use rsync with a FAT file system?
Is this rsync on linux to/from a FAT (which version of FAT?) disk or are you using the Windows version cwRsync?Either way FAT16 and 32 work with both versions (haven't tried FAT12 myself). If you're on...
View ArticleHow can I use rsync with a FAT file system?
I would like to write a simple backup script that saves some data to a FAT drive. Should I reformat the drive and use a better file system or is it possible to use rsync with FAT? If so, what problems...
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