Is there a way to have two sources and two targets in one line/rsync command? instead of running rsync -av /source1 /target1, waiting for that to finish, then running rsycn -av /source2 /target2. And i can only do this from the CLI, i can't just cron the two commands like i normally would.

I'm pretty sure you can have multiple copies of rsync running at the same time - its just a program like any other.
You've said they won't be overlapping, so I can't see why it wouldn't work.

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No. But you can do it in one line.

The & causes the first command to drop to background and start the second one. They will both run and complete at the same time.

If you want to be able to control both, use two terminals.

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Thanks Chris & Sefyir. I'll try it with the &, seems like that's what I was after based on your description. don't need to control them.

so as the root I am typing

# mv /home /placy /confid_wh /home /bcassini

but I am receiving -bash error and mv target bcassini is not a directory? what am I doing wrong?

thanks,
RegLin

What your command really says is this:

move directories /home /placy /confid_wh /home into directory /bassini

You probably have not created a directory located at /bassini, resulting in that error

Thanks Seyfir
but I do have a directory already as bcassini. I didn't make it, it was already there. But I will go back and check it. We signed in under another name automatically, so at he $ prompt, I had to move the directories from one to another, but first go to to root directory as another user and used their password to have permission to do it. but when I put this in, i keep getting errors. I have been working on it now for two days.

at the $prompt... I used su -l /bcassini
and then it asked for the password, I entered and then it took me to the root #.

I don't know if that made a difference.

smile,
REGLin

working on directories is tricky sometimes, what are the permissions on that directory?