try this, /usr/bin/rsync -avz root at 192.168.0.22/var/spool/mail/ /var/spool/mail/ this says you rsync to machien 192.168.0.22 from your loacl box and copy /var/spool/mail of remote box(192.168.0.22) to /var/spool/mail/ of local box. On 9/29/07, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > > ann kok wrote: > > Hi Les > > > > I am trying to use rsync > > > > 1/ Are both machine to have rsync installed? > > Yes, and the remote side needs ssh access. > > > > 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? > > > > Sorry - the command should really be more like: > rsync -essh -av root at machineB:/ . > > If you specify a directory as the target, you must specify recursive > also, but '-a' is a special option that includes many of the other > options, including recursion. You probably also want --one-file-system > or some --excludes to avoid taking /proc, though. > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Thank you Indunil Jayasooriya -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070929/a6999155/attachment-0004.html>