rsync over ssh

mattsoftnet · 06-02-2006, 11:33 AM

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)

Aeiri · 06-02-2006, 01:43 PM

Why not just use SCP (SSH Copy)?

Code:

scp -r user@host:/home/schfree/private_html /home/schfree/private_html

mattsoftnet · 06-02-2006, 01:55 PM

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aeiri

Why not just use SCP (SSH Copy)?

Code:

scp -r user@host:/home/schfree/private_html /home/schfree/private_html