Scott: the double-colon syntax ("host::") is for contacting an rsync server, that is, rsync started with the "--daemon" option, using a configuration file, which defines paths as "modules", as in ++++++++++++++++++++++ [modulename] path = /what/you/want/seen ++++++++++++++++++++++ if you want to use an external transport (rsh by default), you use a SINGLE colon ("host:"), and specify the actual path to what you want, instead of the predefined module.
Tim Conway [EMAIL PROTECTED] reorder name and reverse domain 303.682.4917 office, 303.921.0301 cell Philips Semiconductor - Longmont TC 1880 Industrial Circle, Suite D Longmont, CO 80501 Available via SameTime Connect within Philips, caesupport2 on AIM "There are some who call me.... Tim?" Scott Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/28/2002 10:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Tim Conway/LMT/SC/PHILIPS) Subject: getting error "remote path must start with a module not a /" Classification: I'm running rsync version 2.5.4 protocol version 26 on redhat 7.3. My rsync command is this: rsync -vvplpotrRn --progress --password-file=/root/rsync_password /*.* [EMAIL PROTECTED]::/home2/600xbackup I get this error when I run it: ERROR: The remote path must start with a module name not a / rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at main.c(885) I want to backup my laptop to a directory on my server. Is this the right way to run it? What is the meaning of this error? TIA, Scott -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html