rsync over ssh
 

I need to copy 10gb of files from one server to another. this is what I've tried:

rsync -a -e ssh schfree:xxxxxxxxx@65.98.xxx.xxx:/home/schfree/private_html /home/schfree/private_html

but I can't get it to work. I get this error:

ssh: schfree: Name or service not known
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes read so far)
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(165)

Why not just use SCP (SSH Copy)?

thanks! looks like it's working good.

will that overwrite files that are already on the destination or will it skip those? I also noticed it doesn't show what directory it's in. but still, it's working :-D