rsync is a tool to efficiently copy directory hierarchies, locally or remotely, with powerful filters to decide what gets copied.
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Rsync not correctly mirroring content
I am trying to sync content between two servers. The servers are identical builds (Ubuntu 12.04LTS) and have this cron job running to sync the content:
rsync -arzc --update --delete ...
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scp without replacing existing files in the destination
How do I copy an entire directory into a directory of the same name without replacing the content in the destination directory? (instead, I would like to add to the contents of the destination folder)
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Rsync — Itemized List of Changes
I've learned that with the -i option, I can get rsync to list all the changes it makes. I've been using it along with the -n or --dry-run options so that I can always learn about all expected changes ...
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Why does rsync fail to copy files from /sys in Linux?
I have a bash script which uses rsync to backup files in Archlinux. I noticed that rsync failed to copy a file from /sys, while cp worked just fine:
# rsync /sys/class/net/enp3s1/address /tmp
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rsync list of files in sub-directories to remote server and delete extraneous
I haven't been able to find the answer to this one. I have tried all kinds of combinations of --include, --exclude, -r, --delete-excluded, and source directory.
This is what I'm trying to accomplish:
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Why does rsync look for DSA instead of RSA key when run from cron job?
I want to backup files from a server to my local computer using rsync. I can only log-in to the server with an RSA ssh key.
I have stored the passphrase to the key in Seahorse Passwords and Keys, ...
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Rsync adding a “?” at the beginning of directories
I currently have many of these commands running in a .sh file that looks like this:
rsync -avz -e ssh --rsh='ssh -p1337' --bwlimit=10000 root@DestinationIP:/home/backup /home/localbackup
rsync -avz ...
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rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred
I'm trying to move my emails Maildir from an old centos server to a new debian server.
rsync -avz /home/me/Maildir ssh root@ipaddress:/var/vmail/me/Maildir
I tried to copy an 8gb account, didn't ...
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Rsync seems to back up files that haven't been opened or changed
I have started using rsync to back some data on my mac to an external HD. It works really well, but I have noticed something odd. Every time I run the command, I get a list of files that haven't been ...
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rsync: failed to set permissions on “/path/to/file.txt”: Operation not permitted (1)
I encountered the error when attempting to transfer source files from a remote Linux web server to a local HP dt1000i Desktop Hard Drive connected to an Ubuntu 12.10 box via USB.
A Samba share is ...
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Cancel and resume a duplicity backup
Is there a way to cancel duplicity (running over rsync and symmetric gpg encryption) without messing up the running backup and resume it later (for example after rebooting the laptop) without ...
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rsync: failed to connect to host: Connection timed out (110)
I am not able to list drectories through rsync:
from Host2:
user@host2#sudo rsync user@host1::share
rsync: failed to connect to host1: Connection timed out (110)
rsync error: error in socket IO ...
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Rsync daemon intrepreting parameters as command in rsync.conf
I meshed up with my rsync on linux. When I am restating it, its showing me following error:
sudo /etc/init.d/rsync restart
/etc/rsyncd.conf: line 13: [ftp]: command not found
/etc/rsyncd.conf: line ...
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vote
1answer
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rsync: error starting client-server protocol
I have rsyncd running on both the systems . When I am trying to check the connection it giving me following error:
From host2:
user@host2#rsync username@host1::share
password: [password]
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Using cygwin and rsync — “password file must not be other-accessible”
I've finally got an old computer of mine running as a backup server with Ubuntu 11.10. I'm planning on using it to backup my Windows 7 machine weekly using rsync. I've got cygwin installed, and rsync ...
