On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 10:11:32 -0500 (CDT) Jima <jima at beer.tclug.org> wrote: > On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Ben Lutgens wrote: > > rsync -a is your friend. > > I strongly second this. Also see the -e flag: > > `rsync -ae ssh /home/ otherbox:/home/` > > That will invoke SSH to copy /home/ on the local box to /home/ on > otherbox. Very handy. > Cool, I'm going to have to try this sometime... Here's a "dirty" way I do it at work using cpio (unsecure I know): find . -depth -print| cpio -o|remsh <server> "cd /dir; cpio -ivdm" > /tmp/cpio.l og 2>&1 Or, even quicker: find . -print|cpio -ocv|remsh <server> "umask 0; cd /<dir>; cpio -icvdum" However, if someone is actively on the box, it won't pick up any new files. If no one is logged in, and the box is idle it's "okay." -- Shawn The difficult we do today; the impossible take a little longer. Ne Obliviscaris -- "Forget Not" _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list