rsync - Apr 2006 - Renaming UNIX files for Windows

I am a new rsync user and am running the client on Solaris and the
server on Windows 2000 Server utilizing Cygwin for the Linux emulation.
Unfortunately, the log files I am backing up frequently use a ':' for
date/time stamps; colons are supported in UNIX but not Windows.  Without
having to recode my application, is there an easy way to have rsync
eliminate the ':' or replace with an '_' during a backup?

Thanks,
Kevin

Run this on your unix side first:

for file in yourlogfiles* ; do newfile=`echo $file | tr ':' '_'`
; mv
$file $newfile; done

Then copy the newfiles to your windows server. 

Alternatively, you could copy the newfiles to a temp dir

for file in file* ; do newfile=`echo $file | tr ':' '_'` ; cp
$file
/tmp/$newfile; done

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: rsync-bounces+christopher.wood=gxs.com@lists.samba.org
[mailto:rsync-bounces+christopher.wood=gxs.com@lists.samba.org] On
Behalf Of Kevin Cook
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 1:18 PM
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Subject: Renaming UNIX files for Windows


I am a new rsync user and am running the client on Solaris and the
server on Windows 2000 Server utilizing Cygwin for the Linux emulation.
Unfortunately, the log files I am backing up frequently use a ':' for
date/time stamps; colons are supported in UNIX but not Windows.  Without
having to recode my application, is there an easy way to have rsync
eliminate the ':' or replace with an '_' during a backup?

Thanks,
Kevin
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