Thanks Ed. That worked perfectly. > rsync -avH --progress dirname/ webhostname:www/differentdirname > > add the trailing / and it works on the contents - see the section on > Usage: > http://www.samba.org/ftp/rsync/rsync.html > > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 3:36 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> How can I modify the following syntax to copy a directory >> to a different directory name? >> >> I currently use this: >> >> rsync -avH --progress dirname webhostname:www/ >> >> Which works fine to update the contents of dirname. >> But how could I modify this syntax so that it would >> copy the contents of "dirname" to "differentdirname" ? >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >
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