On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 06:35:56PM -0000, Wrieth, Henry wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I primarily use rsync to update remote hosts when source files are edited.
> This means I push to rsync daemons listening on those remote hosts from my
> source host when I need to (on demand). This is much easier for me than
> running a daemon on the source and executing pulls on all the remote hosts.
> My problem is with the command line syntax of the rsync client.
>
> for copying from a remote rsync server to the local machine (PULL).
> rsync [OPTION]... [USER@]HOST::SRC [DEST]
> rsync [OPTION]... rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/SRC [DEST]
>
> for copying from the local machine to a remote rsync server (PUSH).
> rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... [USER@]HOST::DEST
>
> There is no url option for pushing to a server. i.e.:
> rsync [OPTION]...SRC [SRC]... rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/DEST
>
> The problem: It seems there is no way to push to a rsync daemon if it is not
> running on the default port. I can not specify a port in the
> '[USER@]HOST::DEST' syntax. if you say 'HOST:PORT::DEST' the single ':'
> gets interpreted as the server module which is not found.
>
> Is there anyway to run an rsync daemon on a non standard port and still be
> able to push stuff to it either with the '::' syntax or the url syntax?
> Sorry, If this was covered recently. I am new to the list.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help
> --Henry
>
> Regards,
>
> Henry Wrieth
Use --port NNNN to select the non-standard port.
The rsync:// syntax doesn't make much sense as a destination because
in general URLs are for sources, not destinations; that's why it isn't
supported on that end.
- Dave Dykstra
