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# 1  
Old 12-01-2005
RSYNC syntax
Hello,
Asimple question about RSYNC. I may not even be in the correct topic area.
When I type in:
Code:
$ rsync -a -v --delete tnellis@172.16.94.5/home/ shares/SHARE1/nitixbkup/

I get:
Code:
building file list ... link_stat tnellis@172.16.94.5/home/. : No such file or directory
done
wrote 29 bytes  read 20 bytes  98.00 bytes/sec
total size is 0  speedup is 0.00
rsync error: partial transfer (code 23) at main.c(578)

I'm assuming that the syntax is incorrect.

I'm trying to back up all the files/folders on the remote machine at 172.16.94.3/home/ to a local box and place the copy in the shares/share1/nitixbkup folder.

Any ideas???

Tom
Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 12-07-2010 at 10:30 AM.. Reason: added code tags
# 2  
Old 12-01-2005
I believe your missing a ':'

Change to:

Code:
$ rsync -a -v --delete tnellis@172.16.94.5:/home/ shares/SHARE1/nitixbkup/

Last edited by dangral; 12-01-2005 at 11:24 AM.. Reason: add correct info
# 3  
Old 12-01-2005
No luck
I tried adding the ":".
This is what I got:
Code:
rsync -a -v --delete tnellis@172.16.94.5:/home/ shares/SHARE1/nitixbkup/
Failed to exec rsh : No such file or directory
rsync error: error in IPC code (code 14) at util.c(162)
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes read so far)
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(150)

I also tried adding a "*" after the /home/ and received the same error msg.
Should I also be adding my pwd for the remote machine. I'm currently not doing that.

Thanks,
Tom
Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 12-07-2010 at 10:30 AM.. Reason: added code tags
# 4  
Old 12-01-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by neldog
I tried adding the ":".
This is what I got:
rsync -a -v --delete tnellis@172.16.94.5:/home/ shares/SHARE1/nitixbkup/
Failed to exec rsh : No such file or directory
rsync error: error in IPC code (code 14) at util.c(162)
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes read so far)
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(150)

I also tried adding a "*" after the /home/ and received the same error msg.
Should I also be adding my pwd for the remote machine. I'm currently not doing that.

Thanks,
Tom
Two things:
1) Can you get to shares from your current directory? It's best to put an absolute path in.
2) Is ssh running on the remote server? If so, use ssh instead of rsh by putting -e ssh in the beginning of the rsync command.
# 5  
Old 12-02-2005
pwd passing help???
Code:
rsync -e ssh -a tnellis@172.16.94.5:/home/ /shares/SHARE1/nitixbkup/
Could not create directory '/local_user_/.ssh'.
Host key verification failed.
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes read so far)
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(150)

It looks like I need to pass my password to the remote machine.
How is this done using rsync, I remember reading about this butI cannot remember how to do this???
Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 12-07-2010 at 10:32 AM.. Reason: added code tags
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