Use either $HOME rsync -avz -e “ssh -p1234 -i \”$HOME/.ssh/1234-identity\”” dir remoteUser@server: or full path to the key: rsync -avz -e “ssh -p1234 -i /home/username/.ssh/1234-identity” dir user@server: Tested with rsync 3.0.9 on Ubuntu
Use “sshpass” non-interactive ssh password provider utility On Ubuntu sudo apt-get install sshpass Command to rsync /usr/bin/rsync -ratlz –rsh=”/usr/bin/sshpass -p password ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -l username” src_path dest_path
Let’s take a look at how rsync works and better understand the cryptic result lines: 1 – A huge advantage of rsync is that after an interruption the next time it continues smoothly. The next rsync invocation will not transfer the files again, that it had already transferred, if they were not changed in the … Read more
There are several ways rsync compares files — the authoritative source is the rsync algorithm description: https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/15-749/READINGS/required/cas/tridgell96.pdf. The wikipedia article on rsync is also very good. For local files, rsync compares metadata and if it looks like it doesn’t need to copy the file because size and timestamp match between source and destination it doesn’t … Read more
You can use the ${parameter%word} expansion that is detailed here. Here is a simple test script that demonstrates the behavior: #!/bin/bash # Call this as: # ./test.sh one/ two/ three/ # # Output: # one two three echo ${@%/}
As mentioned by luksan, you can do this with the –filter switch to rsync. I achieved this with –filter=”:- .gitignore” (there’s a space before “.gitignore”) which tells rsync to do a directory merge with .gitignore files and have them exclude per git’s rules. You may also want to add your global ignore file, if you … Read more
You should use rsync over ssh rsync -P -e ssh remoteuser@remotehost:/remote/path /local/path The key option is -P, which is the same as –partial –progress By default, rsync will delete any partially transferred file if the transfer is interrupted. In some circumstances it is more desirable to keep partially transferred files. Using the –partial option tells … Read more
I think –include is used to include a subset of files that are otherwise excluded by –exclude, rather than including only those files. In other words: you have to think about include meaning don’t exclude. Try instead: rsync -zarv –include “*/” –exclude=”*” –include=”*.sh” “$from” “$to” For rsync version 3.0.6 or higher, the order needs to … Read more
It seems to me the problem is transferring a file before it’s complete, not that you’re deleting it. If this is Linux, it’s possible for a file to be open by process A and process B can unlink the file. There’s no error, but of course A is wasting its time. Therefore, the fact that … Read more
rsync interprets a directory with no trailing slash as copy this directory, and a directory with a trailing slash as copy the contents of this directory. Try rsync -av ~/foo/ user@remote.com:/var/www/bar/