Readers, Scenario: file.txt on local machine, to be transferred to remote host. Remote host has rsync installed. Reading the manual I the examples describe scenarios where rsync is installed on the local machine. Is rsync suitable to use when installed on the remote host?
On Mon, 2009-09-07 at 23:22 +0100, e-letter wrote:> Scenario: file.txt on local machine, to be transferred to remote host. > Remote host has rsync installed. Reading the manual I the examples > describe scenarios where rsync is installed on the local machine. Is > rsync suitable to use when installed on the remote host?To do a remote transfer, rsync needs to be installed on both the local host and the remote host. -- Matt
On 07/09/2009, Matt McCutchen <matt at mattmccutchen.net> wrote:> On Mon, 2009-09-07 at 23:22 +0100, e-letter wrote: >> Scenario: file.txt on local machine, to be transferred to remote host. >> Remote host has rsync installed. Reading the manual I the examples >> describe scenarios where rsync is installed on the local machine. Is >> rsync suitable to use when installed on the remote host? > > To do a remote transfer, rsync needs to be installed on both the local > host and the remote host. >This is not stated in the manual. Using rsync on the remote host, what is the command syntax to transfer a local machine file to the remote machine?
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