Yes, that's a possibility but unfortunately, I don't have control of the remote site. I am surprised there is no way to to do this with the client.
-akop On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 08:04:47AM -0700, Tim Conway wrote: > The simplest solution is to not have the rsyncd demand that clients > display the motd. motd is not considered part of verbosity, so the only > way to shut it off on the client side is to have the client shut all the > way up. > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > /home/cnwt99>man rsyncd.conf |grep -C 2 "motd file" > > motd file > The "motd file" option allows you to specify a "message of > the > day" to display to clients on each connect. This usually > con- > tains site information and any legal notices. The default is > no > motd file. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > /home/cnwt99> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Short of that, I'm stumped. > > Tim Conway > Unix System Administration > Contractor - IBM Global Services > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > Is there a way to make the rsync client suppress the motd without > suppressing other messages when connecting to an rsync server? What I > want is to run rsync from cron and have it produce output only when > any files have been downloaded or deleted and whenever errors have > happened. Otherwise, I want it to be quiet. This doesn't seem to be > possible with rsync as of version 2.5.7. > > When I use the -v option, the motd and file transfers are printed. > With either -q or -vq, nothing is printed. When I don't use any of > those options, then motd is printed but file transfer is not reported. > There doesn't seem to exist an option for reporting file transfers > only, or is there something I am missing? > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
