joseph kacmarcik wrote: >>For purposes of discussion, I'm logged into the distant machine >>as [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm logged in to the directory /www/jay >>and my localmachine directory (now empty) is /home/www/jay. I want >>everything in the www/jay directory on distantmachine to be copied >>as the home/www/jay directory on localmachine. > > > this depends whether you want a backup or if you want to have a live copy, > there > are a few ways (more on that later). > > for a backup, you could (test first please): > ssh remotehost "tar cf - /www/jay" > /path/to/tarfile
Thanks, this will come later - It's now on my to do list. > or for live copy, two methods would be: > ssh remotehost "tar cf - /www/jay" | tar -C /home/www/jay -xf - > scp -pr remotehost:/www/jay /home/www/jay > > Interesting, I ran it with only the -r argument and saw the file date/times were current; I read the MAN page and found the -p argument, and found it worked as promised. Thanks for confirming! >>My follow-on question is -- Is there a way to synchronize the local >>machine with the distant machine if changes are made on the distant >>machine, and vice-versa, on a generic basis, i.e. "distantmachine >>is now the master, correct localmachine to agree"? > > > if you're trying to get a working copy and not backup, use rsync. this would > be > much easier, and it's easy to make it bi-directional (or more). > > there are many ways to do this, one is: > rsync -azvprt -e ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/www/jay /home/www > The rsync program sounds like what I will need once I get things working. I'm building a duplicate of my web site, here on my local computer, and ultimately it will be a working copy at a slightly different URL. > you could use -n and --progress when you're doing the debugging getting it > right > for your situation and environment. > > you'll still be transporting over ssh, but IMO rsync is a better choice. > > good luck! > joe Joe, thanks. I can't go wrong with the support team here on questions. This is fun! Jay _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
