On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 7:00 AM, Frank Hamersley <terab...@bigpond.com> wrote: > rsync -aP -vv --exclude=".*/" -e 'ssh -fN u...@site.com.au -L > 8873:127.0.0.1:873' rsync://localhost:8873/data/ /data/
The combination of daemon syntax and a remote shell tells rsync to connect to use the remote-shell command to run a single-use daemon, which it talks to over stdin/stdout. No ports are applicable in such a scenario, so no forwarding is needed. The -N option stops the command args from doing anything useful, so the local rsync isn't able to talk to the remote rsync on stdin/stdout (it just hangs waiting for some remote data). If you want to use a single-use daemon, put a rsyncd.conf file into the remote user's home directory and just combine -e ssh with rsync://u...@site.com.au/data/. If you want to connect to an existing remote daemon service, you'll need to run the port-forwarding ssh command separately and kill it when rsync finishes (or leave it running, and add some start-it-up-if-it-isn't-running code). ..wayne.. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
