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Chris
Asked: 2014-04-17 02:47:05 +0800 CST

Rsync file permissions

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I am building a script to copy files from a remote server. The problem is, the remote servers file permissions are pretty whack and I don't want to copy these over.

The line in my script right now is

/usr/bin/rsync -rtzul --progress -e ssh "$DEFAULT_SSH:$REMOTE_DIRECTORY" "$LOCAL_DIRECTORY"

I have seen elsewhere that you can use the --chmod option to specify the permissions but I just don't understand the syntax for this argument! Perhaps I am being stupid?

I want to by default chmod files to 644 and directories to 755. I hope you can help me.

Many thanks!

rsync

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  1. Best Answer

    OK, I have worked out how to do it! I had been digging for some time before asking this question and continued digging. The arguments I were looking for are -

    --chmod=Du=rwx,Dg=rx,Do=rx,Fu=rw,Fg=r,Fo=r

    To explain, this basically means:

    Du = Directory Owner (Read, write, execute)

    Dg = Directory Group (Read, execute)

    Do = Directory Users (all) (Read, execute)

    Fu = File Owner (Read, write)

    Fg = File Group (Read)

    Fo = File Users (all) (Read)

    So in my case I have given directories 755 permissions and files 644 permissions.

    I found out how to do this from - http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/309527-understanding-linux-file-permissions

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