Re: Remote file deletion
On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 09:54:00AM -0700, Wayne Davison wrote: > On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 01:15:18PM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: > > I've looked at the shell command hack but don't see a way to get a > > remote 'rm /mydir/foo' to execute that way. > > If you're using ssh or rsh as your rsync connection, you can simply do > this: > > ssh host rm /mydir/foo /mydir/bar /yourdir/baz > > or even this: > > ssh host xargs rm -rf > If you're trying to do this by talking to a daemon or a restricted > rsync-only ssh setup, you should be able to transfer an empty directory > with some simple excludes to do what you want, but it's easiest to copy > into each directory separately. For instance, if you want to delete > mydir/foo, mydir/bar, and yourdir/baz on host "host" in module "mod", > you could do this: > > mkdir emptydir > rsync -av --include=foo --include=bar --exclude='*' --delete emptydir/ > host::mod/mydir > rsync -av --include=baz --exclude='*' --delete emptydir/ host::mod/yourdir > rmdir emptydir Thanks. I opted for the straight ssh option and it solved the problem in a simple and foolproof way. I don't know why I didn't think of that. But there you go. The value of having people to talk to. -- -- Dale Amon [EMAIL PROTECTED]+44-7802-188325 International linux systems consultancy Hardware & software system design, security and networking, systems programming and Admin "Have Laptop, Will Travel" -- signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Remote file deletion
On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 01:15:18PM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: > I've looked at the shell command hack but don't see a way to get a > remote 'rm /mydir/foo' to execute that way. If you're using ssh or rsh as your rsync connection, you can simply do this: ssh host rm /mydir/foo /mydir/bar /yourdir/baz or even this: ssh host xargs rm -rf http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Remote file deletion
I've a particular situation in which I need to sometimes delete one or two files from a remote site. I haven't figured out a way to do it with rsync yet... I've considered playing games with --exclude and --delete but I'm a bit nervous of the chances of mayhem by a simple error. Situation is a remote repository to which files are added on occasion; there is no local copy. On occasion it is necessary to delete one or two files by name. It certainly would be nice to be able to do this via rsync. I've looked at the shell command hack but don't see a way to get a remote 'rm /mydir/foo' to execute that way. Please respond directly as I am not on the list, although I will try to check in through the samba.org web pages. -- -- Dale Amon [EMAIL PROTECTED]+44-7802-188325 International linux systems consultancy Hardware & software system design, security and networking, systems programming and Admin "Have Laptop, Will Travel" -- signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
