Just thought I would thank everyone for the rsync help. It is running along just great. I have had to restart the connection two or three times since I began. Luckily I am running it on my local Mac and pulling down using rsync rather than starting it from the remote server. This means I don't have to mess with screen at all, though screen does rock.
Andy On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Evan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Also, if this is going to be a long running process and you're >> starting it on a remote machine, I heartily recommend you run it under >> GNU screen. This should be installed by default on most Linux >> distributions and if not is usually just an apt-get or yum command >> away. If you lose your connection to the remote server you won't lose >> the tty controlling the rsync process and will be able to reconnect to >> it. >> >> > I do just about EVERYTHING under screen. I would say its one of the most > useful apps out there, especially when dealing with connecting into servers > over the internet. If you are working on something and for some reason the > connection gets dropped... you dont lose what you were working on. not to > mention the ability to detach the screen session move to a different > computer and then reattach it and you are logged in like nothing changed.. > although if you are extreme about security it wont cut the mustard. but have > heard the latest versions are better about that. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
