Comments on: how I move stuff between servers with rsync http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/01/07/how-i-move-stuff-between-servers-with-rsync/ apparently much happier in person Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:03:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Gerry http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/01/07/how-i-move-stuff-between-servers-with-rsync/#comment-194327 Gerry Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:36:52 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=2685#comment-194327 Scott's right, you do indeed rock. :) Everywhere else I looked didn't give me the one beautiful line I wanted along with an explanation. I'll go back and study the man page later, but right now I just don't have the time. Thanks :) Scott’s right, you do indeed rock. :) Everywhere else I looked didn’t give me the one beautiful line I wanted along with an explanation. I’ll go back and study the man page later, but right now I just don’t have the time.

Thanks :)

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/01/07/how-i-move-stuff-between-servers-with-rsync/#comment-194273 dnorman Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:10:12 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=2685#comment-194273 @scott - no problem. I'd been meaning to write this up for awhile, and got tired of saying how easy it is :-) @ian - I use it all the time to back up my servers to my desktop Mac, which then backs it up again via Time Machine. You need to have the visible IP address of your desktop, and have SSH running on it, but it works great. Or, drop the -e ssh part and just specify local paths to copy or backup local directories. rsync is scary powerful, and can do all kinds of great and funky things, as described in the <a href="http://www.samba.org/ftp/rsync/rsync.html" rel="nofollow">man page</a> - it can also nuke files pretty quickly if you're not careful... @scott – no problem. I’d been meaning to write this up for awhile, and got tired of saying how easy it is :-)

@ian – I use it all the time to back up my servers to my desktop Mac, which then backs it up again via Time Machine. You need to have the visible IP address of your desktop, and have SSH running on it, but it works great.

Or, drop the -e ssh part and just specify local paths to copy or backup local directories.

rsync is scary powerful, and can do all kinds of great and funky things, as described in the man page – it can also nuke files pretty quickly if you’re not careful…

]]> By: Ian H. http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/01/07/how-i-move-stuff-between-servers-with-rsync/#comment-194272 Ian H. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:05:03 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=2685#comment-194272 Can you use rsynch to backup online from a folder on a local hard drive? Can you use rsynch to backup online from a folder on a local hard drive?

]]> By: Scott Leslie http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/01/07/how-i-move-stuff-between-servers-with-rsync/#comment-194271 Scott Leslie Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:00:04 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=2685#comment-194271 Sensei, you rock. Thanks. Sensei, you rock. Thanks.

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