[SOLVED] rsync and composed directories

slacknatcher · 2009-10-07 21:23:32

hello folks

i recently discovered a tool called rsync , that is awesome for syncronization between my workstation and my netbook ( both using linux )

i have read all the documentation i could read, and now a got it working, i only got one anoying problem

when i am syncin' composed directory i tried to do this

rsync -arv -e 'ssh -p MYPORT' MYUSER@MYIP:/home/MYUSER/my\ music/ ~/music

but i got an error saying me that it could'nt make stat over "my" and "music", and also checked this using "scp" and still couldn't do it

i also tried to used like this

rsync -arv -e 'ssh -p MYPORT' MYUSER@MYIP:/home/MYUSER/"my music"/ ~/music

but i got the same error

somebody with an idea? i really don't want to rename all my composed folder with single name only for rsync and scp.

sorry for my english i am not native ( well i think that is obvious XD)

thanks in advance

Last edited by slacknatcher (2009-10-08 00:01:19)

ataraxia · 2009-10-07 23:15:11

You need more backslashes. Local shell eats some, and the remote one does also. Try:

rsync -arv -e 'ssh -p MYPORT' MYUSER@MYIP:/home/MYUSER/my\\ music/ ~/music

or maybe:

rsync -arv -e 'ssh -p MYPORT' MYUSER@MYIP:/home/MYUSER/my\\\ music/ ~/music

fukawi2 · 2009-10-07 23:18:39

slacknatcher wrote:

rsync -arv -e 'ssh -p MYPORT' MYUSER@MYIP:/home/MYUSER/"my music"/ ~/music

Single quotes around the whole thing should do it:

rsync -arv -e 'ssh -p MYPORT' 'MYUSER@MYIP:/home/MYUSER/my music/' ~/music

or

rsync -arv -e 'ssh -p MYPORT' MYUSER@MYIP:'/home/MYUSER/my music/' ~/music

Last edited by fukawi2 (2009-10-07 23:19:03)

slacknatcher · 2009-10-08 00:00:56

thank a lot . it worked, putting SOLVED in the title

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