Re: rsync question

["Douglas A. Tutty" <dtutty@porchlight.ca>]

On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 04:04:56PM +0000, John O Laoi wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have the same structure on 2 machines.
> I want to keep them in sync.
> 
> I change a file (ZZZ.ods) on the one with IP address  AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD
> and then rsync from the other as follows
> 
> ~$ rsync -avh  AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD:/home/john/Documents/  ./Documents/
> Password:
> receiving file list ... done
> Documents/X/Y/ZZZ.ods
> 
> 
> 
> But the file ~/Documents/X/Y/ZZZ.ods  on the machine I am issuing the
> command on does not change!
> 
> What am I doing wrong?

I don't know.  Try adding -c so that it decides what to sync based on an
actual checksum instead of size and time.

Also, I get confused sometimes on the effects of a trailing slash on
source and target arguments.  Check for a ~/Documents/Documents/
directory or something.

Doug.