transferring individual files question, pull vs. push

[Lee Eakin]

Try quoting the file list like this:
rsync -e ssh source-box.xxxxx.com:'/var/qmail/control/file1 \
/var/qmail/control/file2 \
/var/qmail/control/file3 \
/var/qmail/control/file4' \
/var/qmail/control

Your shell on the remote system will split out the multiple names, but
locally it is part of the single "source" argument.
  -Lee

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> Subject: transferring individual files question, pull vs. push
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> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 12:55:39 -0600
> 
> Can't seem to find the answer anywhere...
> 
> I'm currently using an rsync script on the source box to transfer some
> individual files to the destination box...all works well.  The script:
> 
> rsync -e ssh \
> /var/qmail/control/file1 \
> /var/qmail/control/file2 \
> /var/qmail/control/file3 \
> /var/qmail/control/file4 \
> destination-box.xxxxx.com:/var/qmail/control
> 
> Now, instead of "pushing" the files from the source box to the destination
> box, I'd like to run a script on the destination box to "pull" the files
> over from the source box.  So far, I can get one file to come over by doing:
> 
> rsync -e ssh source-box.xxxxx.com:/var/qmail/control/file1
> /var/qmail/control
> 
> however, I can't get *all* the individual files to come over with one
> command, as I can with the first script.  I've tried to basically reverse
> the first script (and a few variations), like:
> 
> rsync -e ssh source-box.xxxxx.com:/var/qmail/control/file1 \
> source-box.xxxxx.com:/var/qmail/control/file2 \
> source-box.xxxxx.com:/var/qmail/control/file3 \
> source-box.xxxxx.com:/var/qmail/control/file4 \
> /var/qmail/control
> 
> but I just can't get it to work nor can I find any good documentation for
> what I want to do.  Any ideas, anyone?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
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