@ldOp, yes Your Honor, I plead guilty
Code:
$ sudo rsync -aviH -n /var/ /Template/ | head -10
sending incremental file list
.d..t...... ./
cd+++++++++ account/
cd+++++++++ audit/
cd+++++++++ authpf/
cd+++++++++ backups/
>f+++++++++ backups/device.backup
>f+++++++++ backups/device.current
>f+++++++++ backups/disklabel.sd0.backup
>f+++++++++ backups/disklabel.sd0.current
$ sudo rsync -aviH -n /var/ /Template | head -10
sending incremental file list
.d..t...... ./
cd+++++++++ account/
cd+++++++++ audit/
cd+++++++++ authpf/
cd+++++++++ backups/
>f+++++++++ backups/device.backup
>f+++++++++ backups/device.current
>f+++++++++ backups/disklabel.sd0.backup
>f+++++++++ backups/disklabel.sd0.current
As you stated correctly,
/var without a trailing "/" works:
Code:
$ sudo rsync -aviH -n /var /Template/ | head -10
sending incremental file list
cd+++++++++ var/
cd+++++++++ var/account/
cd+++++++++ var/audit/
cd+++++++++ var/authpf/
cd+++++++++ var/backups/
>f+++++++++ var/backups/device.backup
>f+++++++++ var/backups/device.current
>f+++++++++ var/backups/disklabel.sd0.backup
>f+++++++++ var/backups/disklabel.sd0.current
According to the
script(1) log this is also what I used.
My defense: "Significant other" was already complaining why I still was at the computer, when we were supposed to be leaving for Eindhoven ....
This also shows the importance of "peer review" , I suppose