rsync - Oct 2004 - Environment variable question

Hi,

I'm trying to run a command as follows:
  rsync -Lcav temp.txt datauser@mach1:\$DATESPATH/dat

The above returns the following err: 
  "mkstemp /dat/.temp.txt.oYaO9U failed: No such file or directory"

$DATESPATH is a variable defined in 'datauser's profile, but it looks
like
the variable is not recognized in the context of this command. I have used
something similar before on a different user successfully, but this doesn't
seem to work. Can someone help me with this problem?

Appreciate your help. Thanks.
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On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 02:53:15PM -0400, Venkateswaran, Bhaskar
wrote:
> $DATESPATH is a variable defined in 'datauser's profile, but it
looks like
> the variable is not recognized in the context of this command.
Right.  Ssh doesn't source most of the shell profiles.  Try this:

ssh -l datauser mach1 'echo $DATESPATH'

That will tell you if the variable is set or not (it won't be set).
You can use the ~/.ssh/environment file to set variables that you want
to exist when running remote commands, but PermitUserEnvironment has to
be enabled in your sshd configuration for that to work.

Another alternative is to use daemon-over-ssh and put an rsyncd.conf
file on each system that defines a module with the right path.

..wayne..