Thanks, but I am really looking for a bidirectional sync.
For deleting I may be able to come up with a way to compare file listings and dates. Do something like if filex is older than last sync time and removed then remove file on other server. But I would like an more elegant "easy" way of doing this.



On 11/6/07, JD Austin <jd@twingeckos.com> wrote:
Shawn Badger wrote:
I need to sync a folder on 2 servers, sounds easy, but the catch is that they basically have to mirror each other. So if I deleted a file on one it goes away on the other, but If I add a file it shows up on both. The catch is that a file could be added or deleted form either system. Is there a way to make rsync catch these changes and make sure they get mirrored? The other option I am thinking about involves running a script that copies new files to a "holding area" and point both servers to the holding area for the sync source. the downside to that is I don't know how to handle deletes. I haven't had much luck with Google on this yet, but I am still looking.


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I do that in one direction on one of my servers; I left the extra fluff in case you nee to exclude files or limit the bandwidth:
rsync -avz --delete --rsh=ssh --stats --progress --password-file=/root/.rsyncpw
--bwlimit=500 --exclude='*Norton\ Ghost\ Backup*' root@192.168.0.103:/newdrive/*
 /newdrive

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