01-05-2010
That is strange.
All I can think of is rsync getting the source and destination confused.
Are you specifying any of the --delete , --delete-before, --delete-during, --delete-after options by any chance?
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
parallel-rsync
PARALLEL-RSYNC(1) PARALLEL-RSYNC(1)
NAME
parallel-rsync - deploy files to listed hosts
SYNOPSIS
parallel-rsync [OPTIONS] -h hosts.txt local remote
DESCRIPTION
pssh provides a number of commands for executing against a group of computers, using SSH. It's most useful for operating on clusters of
homogenously-configured hosts.
parallel-rsync deploy files files to all hosts you listed.
OPTIONS
-r --recursive
recusively copy directories (OPTIONAL)
-a ----archive
use rsync -a (archive mode) (OPTIONAL)
-z --compress
use rsync compression (OPTIONAL)
-h --hosts
hosts file (each line "host[:port] [user]")
-l --user
username (OPTIONAL)
-p --par
max number of parallel threads (OPTIONAL)
-o --outdir
output directory for stdout files (OPTIONAL)
-e --errdir
output directory for stderr files (OPTIONAL)
-t --timeout
timeout (secs) (-1 = no timeout) per host (OPTIONAL)
-O --options
SSH options (OPTIONAL)
-v --verbose
turn on warning and diagnostic messages (OPTIONAL)
EXAMPLE
# parallel-rsync -r -h hosts.txt -l irb2 foo /home/irb2/foo
ENVIRONMENT
All four programs take similar sets of options. All of these options can be set using the following environment variables:
o PSSH_HOSTS
o PSSH_USER
o PSSH_PAR
o PSSH_OUTDIR
o PSSH_VERBOSE
o PSSH_OPTIONS
SEE ALSO
parallel-ssh(1), parallel-scp(1), parallel-slurp(1), parallel-nuke(1), ssh(1), rsync(1)
AUTHOR
Brent N. Chun <bnc@theether.org>
COPYING
Copyright: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Brent N. Chun
NOTES
1. bnc@theether.org
mailto:bnc@theether.org
03/30/2009 PARALLEL-RSYNC(1)