On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 07:31:34PM -0600, Steve Buehler wrote: > At 05:27 PM 3/24/2005, you wrote: > >>I am doing backups of a remote server by mounting the remote server using > >>NFS. I am now running into the same problem that I was having trying > >>different ftp programs to mirror it. The problem is deleting files on the > >>backup server that are not on the remote server. There is not ssh access > >>to the remote server and the ftp daemon on the remote server sucks to say > >>the least. Anyway, I have the remote server NFS'd to the local (backup) > >>server. Is there an easy way to mirror the directory recursively from the > >>nfs drive to the local drive? I NEVER want to delete anything from the > >>NFS'd drive. > > > >rsync seems to be your best bet :) > >It will also give you the ability to do away with your nfs mount since > >rsync can function via ssh and other less secure protocols not requiring > >the filesystem to be local, this the r in rsync. > > Thanks, but nope. I have a choice of ftp, and nfs. rsync is one of the > first things that I had checked into when we took this job to do a remote > backup for a customer. Will rsync work the nfs mount like it was > remote? The customer is running a Snap server that doesn't allow ssh, rsync will work. just have the source or dest of the rsync be your nfs mount. I do this all the time with smbmounted file systems. > telnet, rsync. It allows limited ftp and it allows nfs. > > Steve > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- David Bear phone: 480-965-8257 fax: 480-965-9189 College of Public Programs/ASU Wilson Hall 232 Tempe, AZ 85287-0803 "Beware the IP portfolio, everyone will be suspect of trespassing" -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
