On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Warren Young wyml@etr-usa.com wrote:
On Jun 29, 2015, at 6:50 PM, Mike 1100100@gmail.com wrote:
rsync -aAXHx -e 'ssh’
-e ssh has been the default in rsync for a very long time. I believe the newest CentOS where -e defaults to rsh instead is CentOS 3.
You only need to give -e nowadays when you need nonstandard ssh options, and you don’t want to put them in your ~/.ssh/config file. A common example is a nonstandard port number:
Thanks Mr. Young. The man page definitely tracks with your observation. Appreciated.