[Techtalk] rsync problem copying directory from local machine to server

[k.clair]

Well, I've read much documentation trying to debug this, and I just
can't figure out what the problem is. It seems like I'm doing the exact
same thing that all of the examples show which show copying from the
local host to a remote server, but it's just not finding any files to
put in to the list. I've also tried using "/*" instead of "/" and "/*/"
as well (that last one was kind of a desperate resort).

The only thing I can think of is that maybe the problem is that there
are no files in the module directory on the server, but I can't find any
documentation to support this theory, so I've been hoping someone knows
something really in depth about rsync to confirm or deny it.

thanks,
Kristina

On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 12:31:22PM -0500, octal at solon-ohio.com wrote:
- There's a real good tutorial at
- http://www.ultra.litpixel.com:82/rsync/rsync_content.html that I've used
- when first getting started with rsync. Hope this helps!
- 
- cheers.
- octal
- 
- "k.clair" wrote:
- > 
- > is anyone out there familiar with rsync? i sent this message to the
- > rsync list and have yet to get a response...
- > 
- > -
- > - Hello,
- > -
- > - I'm trying to populate a directory on a server from a local directory,
- > - but I'm running into the problem that rsync doesn't find any files to
- > - transfer.  I think maybe I'm missing something about how rsync works.
- > -
- > - The command I'm using is:
- > -
- > - rsync -vr --numeric-ids --dry-run / rsync.host.com::lvs_server_v1
- > -
- > - (where rsync.host.com would be the real hostname of my rsync server)
- > -
- > - then, the rsyncd.conf file on rsync.host.com has this module entry:
- > -
- > - [lvs_server_v1]
- > -         path=/path/to/dir/lvs_server_v1
- > -
- > -
- > - The directory lvs_server_v1 on the server is empty - I'm trying to copy
- > - the contents of / on the local machine to that directory.
- > -
- > - The output the I'm getting is:
- > -
- > - [root at host src]# rsync -vr --numeric-ids --dry-run / rsync.host.com::lvs_server_v1
- > - building file list ... [root at host src]#
- > -
- > - In the rsync logs I see that a connection was made to the server from
- > - the local host.
- > -
- > - Is there something that I'm doing wrong here?
- > -
- > - thanks for any input,
- > - Kristina
- > -
- > - ### my gpg key can be found here:
- > - http://www.klerp.net/gpgkey
- > 
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