On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 06:18:40PM -0800, Yuri Kretov wrote: > Hello, > > May be I am wrong, but why rsync tells me that it's nothing to do? > I just want to synchronize the directory's attributes (with no recursion) such as: > permissions, owner, group and time. > > Example: > ======= > > host1# pwd > /var/rsync/host2 > ! > ! At first, I copy only subdirecory /usr/local/samba/lib > ! > host1# mkdir -p usr/local/samba > host1# rsync -a --delete -e ssh host2:/usr/local/samba/lib >/var/rsync/host2/usr/local/samba > ! > ! Then, I want to update the attributes for /usr/local/samba, which was created by >mkdir > ! > host1# rsync -vpogt -e ssh host2:/usr/local/samba /var/rsync/host2/usr/local > ! > ! So, the diagnostic appears: > ! > skipping directory /usr/local > client: nothing to do: perhaps you need to specify some filenames or the --recursive >option? > > Thanks, > -Yuri
I hope you've got this figured out by now, but I didn't see any responses to your question. The answer is: you need to specify the recursive option. The -a option you used in the first command implies it, but you left it out of the second command. - Dave Dykstra -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
