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topher
Asked: 2014-02-20 01:22:37 +0800 CST

Check when folder was last synchronized with rsync

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I'm using a cron job to backup a folder to another computer. I'm not sure whether or not it succeeded and /var/log/rsync.log is only showing errors, all of which occured before the scheduled backup. There is a record of the backup job being run in /var/log/syslog.

Is there a way of checking when the folder was last synced or is another way of telling whether the sync succeeded?

12.04

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  1. Best Answer

    You can add a note to the log after the sync finished. add it to the cronjob:

    0 12 * * * rsync ... /source /dest && echo 'finished on' $(date) >> /var/log/rsync.log
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