using rsync to keep local copy of stable tree up to date

chexmix · 05-14-2011, 07:28 PM

Hi all,

Just for fun, when I installed 13.37 I created a local copy of the entire stable tree (source/ and all the rest) just to have all that stuff around to browse offline.

Now, to instruct myself, I'm trying to use rsync to keep this stuff up to date. But I seem either to have misread the rsync man page or ... well, I don't know. I am issuing the following command and getting the results seen below:

Code:

rsync -u slackware.mirrors.tds.net:/pub/slackware/slackware/ slackware/
ssh: connect to host slackware.mirrors.tds.net port 22: Connection refused
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [Receiver]
rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(601) [Receiver=3.0.8]

I'd be grateful for any hints as to what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks,

Glenn

TobiSGD · 05-14-2011, 07:43 PM

When you try it the way you are doing it rsync tries to connect to the server via SSH using your username. This obviously will not work. You need to connect to the rsync-daemon that is running on that machine.

You may want to have a look at AlienBobs script rsync-current, it does exactly what you want and is a perfect example for connecting to a rsync-daemon.

chexmix · 05-14-2011, 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD

When you try it the way you are doing it rsync tries to connect to the server via SSH using your username. This obviously will not work. You need to connect to the rsync-daemon that is running on that machine.

You may want to have a look at AlienBobs script rsync-current, it does exactly what you want and is a perfect example for connecting to a rsync-daemon.

Thanks. It helps to have a good example to look at!

lazardo · 05-15-2011, 02:59 PM

Code:

rsync -avP \
rsync://slackware.oregonstate.edu/slackware/slackware64-13.37/ . \
--delete --delete-after -n

First run with '-n', second without.