-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The backup dir is relative to the target dir so if the target is remote so is the backup dir.
On 02/03/2016 12:11 AM, jupiter wrote: > Hi, > > I am running rsync backup on Centos 6, the following command does > not seem work, the /backup/fll_copy was fine, but the > /backup/Wednesday in the remote machine was not created even I > changed the source contents several times. > > > rsync -e "ssh -q -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" --backup > --backup-dir=username@ipaddress:/backup/$(date +%A) -av $SRC > username@ipaddress:/backup/full_copy > > Appreciate what I could be missing here? > > Thank you. > > Kind regards, > > - j > > - -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._., Kevin Korb Phone: (407) 252-6853 Systems Administrator Internet: FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) Orlando, Florida k...@sanitarium.net (personal) Web page: http://www.sanitarium.net/ PGP public key available on web site. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._., -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlaxm0YACgkQVKC1jlbQAQeggACg3A43tzbL1sI+HwAT5PrdjZMe WPAAn3LMnaDtu77RP1+R4S64EaJdIc/z =QqZq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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