[SOLVED] RSYNC Creates New Folder Every Time (on remote server).

cryingthug · 09-08-2010, 08:59 PM

I am using SSH and Rsync as a backup system. I just want to try copying the contents of one folder to one on a remote server. What happens is that rsync recreates the directory AND changes the permissions on that remote directory.

This is the command:

Code:

rsync -av -e "ssh -i ~/my_secret_key" /home/billg/videos/ steveb@192.168.1.50:/home/steve/backup/video.bak

The permissions on the remote dir change from this:

Code:

drwxr-xr-x steve steve 4096 2010-09-09 15:13 video.bak

To this:

Code:

drwxrwxrwx steve steve 4096 2010-09-09 15:13 video.bak

not good. Why does this happen?

I have a trailing slash on the source directory.

kilgoretrout · 09-09-2010, 06:48 AM

Try it with this:

Code:

rsync -av -e "ssh -i ~/my_secret_key" /home/billg/videos/ steveb@192.168.1.50:/home/steve/backup/video.bak/

Note the trailing "/" at the end. I think that's your problem. Without the final slash, rsync will copy the directory in its entirety. With the trailing slash, it will copy the contents of the directory but won't recreate the directory.