rsync script not doing what its supposed to
 

trying to copy a directory from centos7 netbook to centos 7 server

rsync -rhva /home/user1a/javaexcercises wbrandt@193.1.212.41:/FDSdata2/wbjava/

all im ending up with is a red broken link in FDSdata2/wbjava
called javaexercises pointing to the directory i intend to backup...

why is this happening?

-a implies -r, so -avh should suffice as options

Source directory isn't a symlink? ls -ld /home/user1a/javaexcercises

Try again moving the slash ( / ) to another place:

rsync -rhva /home/user1a/javaexcercises/ wbrandt@193.1.212.41:/FDSdata2/wbjava

this works perfect thanks

rsync -rhva /home/user1a/javaexcercises/ wbrandt@193.1.212.41:/FDSdata2/wbjava

one / made all the difference...thanks again

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I'm glad.

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m.m.