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thadk
Asked: 2010-10-21 05:31:34 +0800 CST

How to use rsync <3.0 to specify a relative upload path, generate subfolders

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I am writing a script where I'd like to upload individual files and have the folder structure automatically generated like mkdir -p but I can't get rsync 2.6.9 (both) to cooperate.

It looks like rsync is making only one level of folders, otherwise erroring.

I'm trying to reproduce handy ncftpput -C -R -m remote-host local-path-name remote-path-name actions ( ncftp's Recursive mode; copy whole directory trees + Attempt to make the remote destination directory before copying.).

Possible?

My Attempts:

rsync -av -e ssh /home/gitrepos/www/board/httpdocs/B/C/delete_snippet.processor.php [email protected]:/var/www/vhosts/testboard.org/httpdocs/B/C/delete_snippet.processor.php

returns:

rsync: push_dir#3 "/var/www/vhosts/testboard.org/httpdocs/B/C" failed: No such file or directory (2)

rsync -av -e ssh /home/gitrepos/www/board/httpdocs/B/C/delete_snippet.processor.php [email protected]:/var/www/vhosts/testboard.org/httpdocs/

works, creates httpdocs, but without the B/C structure. 

rsync -advR -e ssh -v /home/gitrepos/www/board/httpdocs/B/C/delete_snippet.processor.php [email protected]:/var/www/vhosts/testboard.org/httpdocs/

works but recreates the entire /home/gitrepos... structure on the server.

permissions are set 777 and owned by user.

Thanks for help.

ftp rsync sftp

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    If you're using rsync 2.6.7 or later you can try the dot slash method after the httpdocs for limiting the directories. Try this:

    rsync -advR -e ssh -v /home/gitrepos/www/board/httpdocs/./B/C/delete_snippet.processor.php [email protected]:/var/www/vhosts/testboard.org/httpdocs/
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