Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 19:34:40 -0800 From: joseph kacmarcik <freebsd-questions@chubbo.net> To: "Jay O'Brien" <jayobrien@att.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ssh file transfers - how to? Message-ID: <1105328080.41e1f7d09cdcd@mail.chubbo.net> In-Reply-To: <41E1E95C.5040803@att.net> References: <41E1E95C.5040803@att.net>
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> For purposes of discussion, I'm logged into the distant machine > as jay@distantmachine.net. I'm logged in to the directory /www/jay > and my localmachine directory (now empty) is /home/www/jay. I want > everything in the www/jay directory on distantmachine to be copied > as the home/www/jay directory on localmachine. this depends whether you want a backup or if you want to have a live copy, there are a few ways (more on that later). for a backup, you could (test first please): ssh remotehost "tar cf - /www/jay" > /path/to/tarfile or for live copy, two methods would be: ssh remotehost "tar cf - /www/jay" | tar -C /home/www/jay -xf - scp -pr remotehost:/www/jay /home/www/jay > My follow-on question is -- Is there a way to synchronize the local > machine with the distant machine if changes are made on the distant > machine, and vice-versa, on a generic basis, i.e. "distantmachine > is now the master, correct localmachine to agree"? if you're trying to get a working copy and not backup, use rsync. this would be much easier, and it's easy to make it bi-directional (or more). there are many ways to do this, one is: rsync -azvprt -e ssh [user]@remotehost:/www/jay /home/www you could use -n and --progress when you're doing the debugging getting it right for your situation and environment. you'll still be transporting over ssh, but IMO rsync is a better choice. good luck! joe
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