On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 06:14:27PM +0100, Jos Chrispijn wrote: > Sorry for the confusion; the problem is in the rsync line: > > rsync -avpog /var/db/mysql //r...@10.10.10.50:123/usr/backup/ > > Running this line causes rsync to say: > Unexpected remote arg: r...@10.10.10.50:123 > rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1202) [sender=3.0.5] > > On the server that I use this push script, I want to connect as root > to the backup server; thru port 123 (can be any port). With rsync > running I can't get this to work. Can someone tell me what I do wrong > here?
You got the syntax for the rsync command wrong. Either remove the '//' in front of the remote address or use 'rsync://'. See the rsync(1) manual page. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725)
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