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