Re: OT: rsync issues

Also sprach DataZap ([email protected])
> Hi,
> 
> I think that this is a little off topic, but I know that someone on this
> list probably has an answer for me. I googled, but I still can't seem to
> find an example of how to do this.
> 
> I just updated rsync on both of my servers and deleted all the files off
> the backup. I was then able to backup the main server without any
> problems, but when I went to run rsync again, it gives me an out of memory
> error. What I would like to do is write a shell script that would call
> rsync, but only have it backup a small part of the files at a time until
> all of the files are backed up. I have not been able to find an example of
> this. Does anyone have any ideas on how this could be done?

Rsync supports excellent include/exclude options with RegExes. You
just have to generate those lists to copy the data piecewise to the
destination. 

You could use find(1) and wc to generate lists that work.

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