On 12/03/06, Thomas E Dukes edukes@alltel.net wrote:
Hello,
The new server is in and I am about to attempt the file transfers. I have NEVER attempted this and want to do it right the first time.
Reading the man pages for cp and scp it looks as if the -a switches are different. Are they? I want/am going to transfer files/directories across the local network. Should I work from the new machine or the old? What files are machine dependent? In other words, what files, if any, should not be copied because of hardware differences?
Sorry for all the seemingly stupid questions but as I said, I have never undertaken this before.
man rsync
rsync -avzP -e ssh ipoldserver:/path/to/directory /path/to
Will do a good job of moving / backing up even ".*" files (Hidden files) On source it is /path/to/directory and on target is is /path/to the directory is cretaed on target along with all subdirectories. If you run it from old server you can
rsync -avzP -e ssh /path/to/directory ipnewserver:/path/to
Also if for any reason you have to kill rsync in between ( power off or run out for quicky ;-) or ...) restart when you are back and it will continue from where you let off. HTH -- Sudev Barar Learning Linux