The reason for the trailing slash behaviour is that:
1) I wanted an interface where the same result would be achieved
whether or not the directory currently exists on the
destination. With "cp -a" you cannot know what the command will do,
it will put the files in a different place the 2n
2000-12-08-05:24:50 John Horne:
> On 07-Dec-00 at 19:53:51 Dave Dykstra wrote:
> > Having a slash at the end of the source specification removes the base
> > name of the source from the destination filename.
> >
> Hmm, easy when you know how eh? :-)
"It says there on the list of ingredients, rig
On 07-Dec-00 at 19:53:51 Dave Dykstra wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 05:46:54PM -, John Horne wrote:
>>rsync -e ssh -aq tables/ data/ eros: (eros is the remote host)
>>
> Having a slash at the end of the source specification removes the base
> name of the source from the destina
On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 05:46:54PM -, John Horne wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to arrange via cron for an account with several directories to be
> updated overnight. I do not want everything in the account updated - just
> some of the directories. However, I can't seem to see how I can speci
Hello,
I'm trying to arrange via cron for an account with several directories to be
updated overnight. I do not want everything in the account updated - just
some of the directories. However, I can't seem to see how I can specify in
one go to copy more than one directory to the remote account. I
