Equivalent to --remove-source-files for rsync in older versions of rsync

anon091 · 08-10-2016, 02:06 PM

I have an OLD server where the version of rsync it's running does not have --remove-source-files available to it. How else could I do a "move" of files between two servers so the files are deleted from the source only if they transfer to the destination correctly.

24x7servermanagement · 08-10-2016, 02:40 PM

Try with SCP : Serverfault

Look at scp answer(9)

anon091 · 08-10-2016, 02:46 PM

Thanks. but how could I do that recursively to do an entire directory structure, preserving that structure?

chrism01 · 08-10-2016, 08:09 PM

Take the 2nd part of that soln and use the 'find' cmd to feed the list; it should also supply the paths for you. You may have to fiddle the paths a bit, especially if they are not identical at each end.

anon091 · 08-10-2016, 08:10 PM

Thanks Chris, I'll see if I can get that going.

24x7servermanagement · 08-11-2016, 07:12 AM

Code:

for file in /lx/test/*; do scp -rp "$file" root@192.168.1.15:/lx/scp && rm -rf "$file" ; done

Works good form me. It keeps entire directory structure as it is. Try this.

anon091 · 08-11-2016, 07:46 AM

Thanks. So would it still do the rm even if the scp fails.

24x7servermanagement · 08-11-2016, 10:30 AM

X; Y * *Run X and then Y, regardless of success of X

X && Y *Run Y if X succeeded

X || Y *Run Y if X failed