ftp:// error

2005-12-02 Thread Marten Lehmann
Hello, from a server where neither a rsync daemon nor ssh is running I'm trying to backup the whole data with ftp. So my idea was to call rsync like this: rsync -v -a 'ftp://1.2.3.4/' my_folder But this gives me: ftp: unknown host ftp: unknown host ftp: Unknown host rsync: connection

Re: ftp:// error

2005-12-02 Thread Jan-Benedict Glaw
On Fri, 2005-12-02 18:25:37 +0100, Marten Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: from a server where neither a rsync daemon nor ssh is running I'm trying to backup the whole data with ftp. So my idea was to call rsync like this: rsync -v -a 'ftp://1.2.3.4/' my_folder Do you really expect a

Re: ftp:// error

2005-12-02 Thread Manuel López-Ibáñez
I am sorry, the rsync algorithm needs to execute rsync on the server. Since ftp does not allow executing remote programs (as ssh does), even if there exists a rsync executable installed in the server and you have permission to execute it, using ftp you cannot execute it. So your command won't

Re: ftp:// error

2005-12-02 Thread Brad Rigden
Here are some suggestions for ftp clients: ftp wget ncftp all of the above can be scripted and automated to download or upload specific files. Regards, Brad. On 2 Dec 2005, at 17:25, Marten Lehmann wrote: Hello, from a server where neither a rsync daemon nor ssh is running I'm trying

Re: ftp:// error

2005-12-02 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 17:41 +, Manuel López-Ibáñez wrote: I am sorry, the rsync algorithm needs to execute rsync on the server. Since ftp does not allow executing remote programs (as ssh does), even if there exists a rsync executable installed in the server and you have permission to

RE: Re: ftp:// error

2005-12-02 Thread tony
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 17:41 +, Manuel López-Ibáñez wrote: I am sorry, the rsync algorithm needs to execute rsync on the server. Since ftp does not allow executing remote programs (as ssh does), even if there exists a rsync executable installed in the server and