[wplug] rsync

[squeegy-wplug at squeegy.org]

Thanks everyone!  I started the rsync.  I think the verbose was throwing me. It was showing every file inspected.

> Sometime in May Jt Chiodi assaulted the keyboard and produced:
> 
> | experienced rsync gurus,
> | 
> | I want to sync two directories on two different machines.  I only want the new 
> | and changed stuff to be transmitted from machine 1 to machine 2.  I looked at 
> | the rsync docs and ran a test command, but I must have done something wrong.  
> | it look like it was going to copy everything.
> | 
> | Can someone send the proper switches to rsync to accomplish this?
> 
> rsync wont transfer all of the files unless you mess up the source and
> destination commands ;).
> 
> i usually do something like:
> 
> rsync -av -e "ssh -2" user at machine2:/path/to/files/ user at machine2:/path/to/files
> 
> 
> you need to be careful of the trailing '/''s note there is one on the
> source and not the destination. i believe this alternative will do the same
> thing:
> 
> rsync -av -e "ssh -2" user at machine2:/path/to/files/ user at machine2:/path/to/
> 
> i also like to do everything over ssh.
> 
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