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I was using rsync to copy files from one pc tp another. And the 'remote' pc stopped working , so I had to restart.

Now , how can I use rsync in order not to copy all the files again from the beginning.

If I use --ignore-existing ?

Note ,that one file for example which was 10MB , maybe be copied to the remote ,but only part of it (for example 5MB) . How can I use rsync to copy the rest of these files?

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IMO better would be to use --update option. – Nick Thom Jan 4 '14 at 10:23
    
@NikTh:You think this would work as I want?(make it an asnwer if yes :) ) – George Jan 4 '14 at 10:41
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In my opinion the better choice would be the --update option in rsync. 

rsync --help | grep update

-u, --update skip files that are newer on the receiver

Also the --partial option is useful in such cases.

--partial

By default, rsync will delete any partially transferred file if the transfer is interrupted. In some circumstances it is more desirable to keep partially transferred files. Using the --partial option tells rsync to keep the partial file which should make a subsequent transfer of the rest of the file much faster.

I would use --partial and --update together.

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:Ok, thanks!(and happy new year from Greece :) ) – George Jan 4 '14 at 11:03
    
:I am using 'rsync -avzheuP ssh --progress ... ' but it returns me " Failed to exec uP: No such file or directory (2) ".Am I doing sth wrong? – George Jan 4 '14 at 11:35
    
I think the P is not needed if you use --partial or/and --progress. They are the same thing. Try to omit P. See rsync --help | grep -i progre – Nick Thom Jan 4 '14 at 14:13
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:Ok, I had to do rsync -avzhe ssh --partial --update ,in order to work.Thanks! – George Jan 4 '14 at 14:29

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