Do we really need the pihole -g ?

[Damien514]

I was wondering if we really needed the pihole -g command?
As we rsync the whole DB, I think that a simple stop / restart / reload list would be enough, or am I wrong?

Other than that, your script is simple and do all I need. Thanks for that :-)

[jejje]

Yes I think you are correct! I'd like to try it out and change it but I can't test it at the moment. I'm setting up my network from the ground up. Have you tried it and it worked?

Thank you for your appreciation, I'm really glad it was useful for you! :)

[Damien514]

Yes I did, and I can confirm it works very well.
All I changed in your script is removing the pihole -g command and moving the stop pihole-FTL before the RSYNC loop and then pihole-FTL start and pihole reload-lists.

[Damien514]

Oh, and the crontab you create within the script indicates /etc/pi_rsynch.sh ; I edited it as it should be /etc/pihole/pi_rsynch.sh

:-)

[jejje]

I made the changes but I am unable to test it properly, but I did as you suggested and I think it will work just as before and is now better optimized

[jejje]

Made changes, please tell me if you find more optimizations!