PROBLEM: same data differente Bytes

[Riccardo1987]

Hi,
I copy some directories from server 1 to server 2 with rsync -avr .
When I check if there are differences between source data and destination data with du -s the values are always difference, for example the source directory is 231349343 while the destination is 231337264.
Why are there this little difference?
Is there any better command to verify the consistence between source and destination?

Thank you so much.

Best regards.
Riccardo

[tony_down_under]

Can you do this on both systems? `filename` is the name of the file you're copying.
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sha256 filename

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lsblk -f

The command in point 1 is one good way to determine that your file is the same on both systems.

[TrevorH]

You're using rsync -av. It already verifies the data.

[Riccardo1987]

Can you do this on both systems? `filename` is the name of the file you're copying.
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sha256 filename

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lsblk -f

The command in point 1 is one good way to determine that your file is the same on both systems.

Hi Tony,
Thank you. Now I test these solutions.
Best regards
Riccardo

I can't use sha256sum with directories but only with files. Are there any command to check folders?

[avij]

"du" shows disk usage. Disk space is allocated in blocks. If the filesystem block sizes differ between the two systems, disk usage may differ between the systems. Try your "du" command with the "-b" option.

[tony_down_under]

"du" shows disk usage. Disk space is allocated in blocks. If the filesystem block sizes differ between the two systems, disk usage may differ between the systems. Try your "du" command with the "-b" option.

Thanks for this info! My thought process was may be the filesystems were different formats in each. I didn't think about block sizes at the time. I'll also remember this

You're using rsync -av. It already verifies the data.

Good info!

[desertcat]

Hi,
I copy some directories from server 1 to server 2 with rsync -avr .
When I check if there are differences between source data and destination data with du -s the values are always difference, for example the source directory is 231349343 while the destination is 231337264.
Why are there this little difference?
Is there any better command to verify the consistence between source and destination?

Thank you so much.

Best regards.
Riccardo

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