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

[octal at solon-ohio.com]

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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