Why does rsync believe it knows more about the use of the token to the left of the colon than the program which will be used as the remote connection?
I have a script called sshto with accepts targets like this: host1!host2!host3 and constructs the requisite ssh ProxyCommand options to do a multihop ssh to host3 to run a command. Very useful if connecting to firewalled nonroutable hosts or to take a particular route through a network. It is a particular joy to run: rsync -e sshto foo host1!host2!host3:bah and have things "just work". So here I am attempting to deposit a kit onto a newly installed nonroutable machine: sshto cameron@accessiblehost!root@newhost blah which works just fine. But if I call rsync with this: rsync -e sshto -aH kit/ cameron@accessiblehost!root@newhost:kit/ what it invokes is: sshto -l cameron@accessiblehost!root newhost rsync ..... Since sshto is my own tool I can probably have it cope with this mangling of my target string into "-l foo bah", and undo it. But WHY does rsync believe this is desirable, or even necessary? Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ If NT is the answer, you didn't understand the question. - Peter Blake -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
