rsync - Mar 2002 - transferring individual files question, pull vs. push

Can't seem to find the answer anywhere...

I'm currently using an rsync script on the source box to transfer some
individual files to the destination box...all works well.  The script:

rsync -e ssh \
/var/qmail/control/file1 \
/var/qmail/control/file2 \
/var/qmail/control/file3 \
/var/qmail/control/file4 \
destination-box.xxxxx.com:/var/qmail/control

Now, instead of "pushing" the files from the source box to the
destination
box, I'd like to run a script on the destination box to "pull" the
files
over from the source box.  So far, I can get one file to come over by doing:

rsync -e ssh source-box.xxxxx.com:/var/qmail/control/file1
/var/qmail/control

however, I can't get *all* the individual files to come over with one
command, as I can with the first script.  I've tried to basically reverse
the first script (and a few variations), like:

rsync -e ssh source-box.xxxxx.com:/var/qmail/control/file1 \
source-box.xxxxx.com:/var/qmail/control/file2 \
source-box.xxxxx.com:/var/qmail/control/file3 \
source-box.xxxxx.com:/var/qmail/control/file4 \
/var/qmail/control

but I just can't get it to work nor can I find any good documentation for
what I want to do.  Any ideas, anyone?

Thanks in advance!

Regards,

Jeff

On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Jeff Field wrote:
> rsync -e ssh source-box.xxxxx.com:/var/qmail/control/file1 \
> source-box.xxxxx.com:/var/qmail/control/file2 \
> source-box.xxxxx.com:/var/qmail/control/file3 \
> source-box.xxxxx.com:/var/qmail/control/file4 \
> /var/qmail/control
You can't have multiple remote-machine specifications, even if they
refer to the same machine.  The only thing you can do is to use
wildcards that get remote-expanded (by the remote shell) or copy
entire directories.  For instance:

rsync -e ssh source-box.xxxxx.com:/var/qmail/control/file\? /var/qmail/control

..wayne..

Try quoting the file list like this:
rsync -e ssh source-box.xxxxx.com:'/var/qmail/control/file1 \
/var/qmail/control/file2 \
/var/qmail/control/file3 \
/var/qmail/control/file4' \
/var/qmail/control

Your shell on the remote system will split out the multiple names, but
locally it is part of the single "source" argument.
  -Lee

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> Can't seem to find the answer anywhere...
> 
> I'm currently using an rsync script on the source box to transfer some
> individual files to the destination box...all works well.  The script:
> 
> rsync -e ssh \
> /var/qmail/control/file1 \
> /var/qmail/control/file2 \
> /var/qmail/control/file3 \
> /var/qmail/control/file4 \
> destination-box.xxxxx.com:/var/qmail/control
> 
> Now, instead of "pushing" the files from the source box to the
destination
> box, I'd like to run a script on the destination box to
"pull" the files
> over from the source box.  So far, I can get one file to come over by
doing:
> 
> rsync -e ssh source-box.xxxxx.com:/var/qmail/control/file1
> /var/qmail/control
> 
> however, I can't get *all* the individual files to come over with one
> command, as I can with the first script.  I've tried to basically
reverse
> the first script (and a few variations), like:
> 
> rsync -e ssh source-box.xxxxx.com:/var/qmail/control/file1 \
> source-box.xxxxx.com:/var/qmail/control/file2 \
> source-box.xxxxx.com:/var/qmail/control/file3 \
> source-box.xxxxx.com:/var/qmail/control/file4 \
> /var/qmail/control
> 
> but I just can't get it to work nor can I find any good documentation
for
> what I want to do.  Any ideas, anyone?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
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