Hi,
Chris Dennis wrote:
> Tim wrote:
>> I have a large folder of old e-mail on one PC that I wish to move to
>> another PC so that I can import them into the mail client
>>
>> I have used the following command to try and move the folder
>>
>> mit@sun:~$ rsync -avz /home/mit/oldmail/ /192.168.1.76/home/mit/oldmail/
>
> Shouldn't that be
>
> rsync -avz /home/mit/oldmail/ 192.168.1.76:/home/mit/oldmail/
>
> if you're trying to send to .76 ?
>
> Also note that the trailing slashes are significant, depending on
> whether you want to send the directory, or just the contents of the
> directory -- see the man page because I'll get it wrong if I try to
> explain it.
>
> cheers
>
> Chris
>>
>> and this gives the following error
>>
>> building file list ... done
>> rsync: mkdir "/192.168.1.76/home/mit/oldmail" failed No such file or
>> directory (2)
>> rsync error: error in file IO (code11) at main.c(529) [receiver=2.6.9]
>> rsync connection unexpectedly closed (8 byte received so far) [sender]
>> rsync error:error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(454)
>> [sender 2.6.9]
>>
>> I log onto both PC's with the same user name and password
>>
>> I did try sending the folder to /192.168.1.76/tmp/ but that failed
>> with the same error
>>
>> The sending (sun) PC is Debian lenny and the receiving PC is Mepis 6.5
>> and I am trying to do this while logged onto the sending PC via VNC
>>
>> Any thought
>>
>> Tim
>>
And if you need to connect as a different user to the one you are
currently logged on as then use:
rsync -avz /home/mit/oldmail/ username@192.168.1.76:/home/mit/oldmail/
Simon
