Re: Useless option combos (was Re: --password-file switch)

2002-07-30 Thread Martin Pool
On 30 Jul 2002, Wayne Davison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Martin Pool wrote: > > The --password-file option only applies to rsync daemon connections, > > not ssh. > > Perhaps we should make rsync complain about such options that don't make > sense (another example being tryi

RE: Rsync recursion

2002-07-30 Thread tim . conway
I often use the -R option example: system1:/bigdir to system2:/backups/bigdir list=bigdir/subdir/subdir... cd / rsync -HaRz listitem system2:/backups that will put subdir/subdir as system2:/backups/bigdir/subdir/subdir now, if you have items above that one, you've got more complexity, as you can

Re: rsync from Windows and Linux over ssh

2002-07-30 Thread Randy Kramer
Sorry, I think you'll need somebody else's help. (If I had to guess, I'd take a look at the colon -- maybe you need two colons there -- it does make a difference but I forget what difference it makes.) Randy Kramer S Peram wrote: > It's just a 1kb file that I'm trying to transfer. > The command

RE: Rsync recursion

2002-07-30 Thread David Rasch
> I'm trying to break up my rsync process by separating a directory tree > into multiple rsync processes because I'm witnessing some errors trying > to rsync large directory trees on Windows machines. After breaking up > the tree I tried to rsync each individual directory starting from the > botto

Rsync recursion

2002-07-30 Thread Mark de Jong
Hello, I'm trying to break up my rsync process by separating a directory tree into multiple rsync processes because I'm witnessing some errors trying to rsync large directory trees on Windows machines. After breaking up the tree I tried to rsync each individual directory starting from the bottom d

Useless option combos (was Re: --password-file switch)

2002-07-30 Thread Wayne Davison
On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Martin Pool wrote: > The --password-file option only applies to rsync daemon connections, > not ssh. Perhaps we should make rsync complain about such options that don't make sense (another example being trying to use -e with a "::" hostspec)? ..wayne.. -- To unsubscribe o

Re: rsync from Windows and Linux over ssh

2002-07-30 Thread S Peram
Hi Randy, Thanks a lot for the reply. But I'm transferring the large files. It's just a 1kb file that I'm trying to transfer. The command I'm using to copy the files is: "$rsync -avz -e ssh username@:/rsync/rsync.txt ." where "rysnc" is the directory on the windows server. I'd appreciate if you

Re: superlifter design notes (OpenVMS perspective)

2002-07-30 Thread jw schultz
On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 12:00:21AM -0400, John E. Malmberg wrote: > To help explain why the backup and file distribution have such different > implementation issues, let me give some background. > > > This is a dump of an OpenVMS native text file. This is the format that > virtually all text