Re: [Hampshire] Another rsync problem

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Author: Tim
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Another rsync problem
On Wed October 3 2007 11:06, Simon Capstick wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Chris Dennis wrote:
> >
> > 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 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


Thanks guys, once I got my colon and backslashes in the right palce it worked
perfectly.

cheers

Tim

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