Salam, Its a normal scenario, when u access machine B from machine A, any utility you are using like ssh, rsync, or what machine B is acting as server for u.... so on client side simple rsync is installed, on server side u have to use some rsync-server package is required. Regards, Uamir Shakil ETD On 9/29/07, ann kok <annkok2001 at yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hi Les > > I am trying to use rsync > > 1/ Are both machine to have rsync installed? > > 2/ machine A#rsync -essh machineB:/ . > I try this command but what wrong I am > > rsync -essh root at machineB:/ . > skipping directory /. > client: nothing to do: perhaps you need to specify > some filenames or the --recursive option? > > Thank you for your help > > --- Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > > > ann kok wrote: > > > can you tell me what is the exactly command? > > > > > > machineA# ssh root at nachineB:tar cvf / ; tar xvf * > > > > > > > You need a - after the f options to represent > > stdin/stdout and some > > appropriate quoting. > > > > ssh root at machineB 'tar cvf - /' |tar xvf - > > > > (and you probably want to use --one-file-system or > > some excludes to > > avoid /proc and any NFS/cdrom mounts). > > > > But, I'd recommend: > > rsync -essh machineB:/ . > > instead (also per filesystem with --one-file-system) > > - especially if you > > want to repeat it or restart after interruption. > > > > -- > > Les Mikeselll > > lesmikesell at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Luggage? GPS? Comic books? > Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search > http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20071001/1b31c2ec/attachment-0004.html>