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...------------------- #!/bin/bash # Remote rsync info REMOTE_SERVER=ip.of.rsync.server REMOTE_USER=clienta REMOTE_MODULE=clienta REMOTE_PWFILE=/etc/backup-scripts/backup.secrets RSYNC="/usr/bin/rsync -avzqR --del --password-file=${REMOTE_PWFILE}" export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin RSYNC_REMOTE="${REMOTE_USER}@${REMOTE_SERVER}::${REMOTE_MODULE}" # rsync /www if ! ${RSYNC} /www ${RSYNC_REMOTE} ; then echo "Error when trying to sync /www" exit 2; fi # ... more rsyncs... -------------------------------------------------------- /etc/backup-scripts/backup.secre...

...want the two directories to be? Attempt one was the simple-minded $RSYNC_LOCAL -axHEz --delete --delete-excluded --delete-after \ --exclude-from=/Users/handleym/bin/backup_excludes.txt \ --ea-checksum \ --link-dest=$BASE_SRC/1/ $DST_DIR/1/ \ --rsync-path=$RSYNC_REMOTE \ --stats \ $SRC_DIR $DST_DIR/0/ \ 2>&1 >> $LOG_FILE This fails to parse. rsync apparently treats "--link-dest=$BASE_SRC/ 1/" as a single unit, treats the next "$DST_DIR/1/" as the src directory specifier, and goes...