rsync - Apr 2015 - Options for a "I'm done" flag file

Michael Johnson - MJ <mj at revmj.com> wrote:
> rsync -av /src/ /dst/ && touch /dst/done
Aaaaahhhh, knew I'd miss some detail.
All the syncs are pushed to the backup server.

But that does give me an idea. I guess I could do that on the source, then sync
the flag file over.
rsync -avH ${other_gubbins} / user at remote.machine:/dest/ &&
  touch /etc/donefile &&
  rsync -av ${some_other_gubbins} /etc/donefile user at remote.machine:/dest/

That (or some variation of it) could work.

Or

rsync -avH ${all_gubbins} / user at remote.machine:/dest/ && ssh user at
remote.machine touch /etc/donefile

so your client touches a file on your server (that sounds so wrong...)

Am 28.04.2015 um 13:36 schrieb Simon Hobson:
> Michael Johnson - MJ <mj at revmj.com> wrote:
> 
>> rsync -av /src/ /dst/ && touch /dst/done
> 
> Aaaaahhhh, knew I'd miss some detail.
> All the syncs are pushed to the backup server.
> 
> But that does give me an idea. I guess I could do that on the source, then
sync the flag file over.
> rsync -avH ${other_gubbins} / user at remote.machine:/dest/ &&
>   touch /etc/donefile &&
>   rsync -av ${some_other_gubbins} /etc/donefile user at
remote.machine:/dest/
> 
> That (or some variation of it) could work.
>

Lorenz Weber <mail at lenzw.de> wrote:
> rsync -avH ${all_gubbins} / user at remote.machine:/dest/ && ssh
user at remote.machine touch /etc/donefile
No SSH access between them, only rsync. Besides, it would add the overhead of
managing ssh access (users and keys) as well as Rsync.