rsync - Dec 2005 - Basic - Setting up Rsync over the net

Heya,

I''ve tried going thru the archives, but it''s like looking for
a
needle in a haystack.  I''ve also tried the man page, but I
don''t
understand the syntax (not a native Unix user).  I''m new to
rsync, and have managed to get our systems on a backup sched
with rsync in the office.  That works great, and all is good.

My last task is to get rsync to pull the files off our
webserver, located at a data center, to our backup.  I can''t
seem to get the syntax right for this.

The inhouse looks like:
rsync OPTIONS "/cygdrive/c/Docs n Settings"
user@backupmachine:/cygdrive/c/backups/sourcename

With ''backupmachine'' running an rsync daemon (boss set that
up).

This is where I am with the internet command:

rsync OPTIONS /cygdrive/c/backups/sourcename2 :
user@server.on.internet.com:"/cygdrive/c/Dos n Settings"

Thank you for any help you can offer.


Nat

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On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 02:32:08PM -0600, Idea Works
wrote:
> rsync OPTIONS "/cygdrive/c/Docs n Settings"
> user@backupmachine:/cygdrive/c/backups/sourcename
> 
> With 'backupmachine' running an rsync daemon (boss set that up).
If you're wanting to use an rsync daemon, change the : into :: -- a
single colon accesses the machine via ssh.  Also, change the text after
the :: to be a module name and a path relative to the module's path.
However, if the above is working for you, just get turn off the rsync
daemon.
> rsync OPTIONS /cygdrive/c/backups/sourcename2 :
> user@server.on.internet.com:"/cygdrive/c/Dos n Settings"
The remote names of an rsync command are handed off to the remote shell,
which will split the name on spaces.  The solutions to this are
mentioned in the "spaces in filenames" topic in the FAQ on the rsync
website (one of the solutions is to replace each of the spaces in that
destination with a question-mark).

..wayne..