[clug] rsync - how to create path on remote server

[Michael.James at csiro.au]

On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:50:47 am Stephen Hodgman wrote:
> However, if for example the "C" directory does not pre-exist on the
> remote server my command
> rsync -zav /A/B/C/D remotehost::Share/A/B/C
> will not work.  If the "C" folder does exist it will.  How do I get
> rsync to "auto create"  the "C" folder?

Having the receiving stub in place
 is something that rsync doesn't see as its problem.

It can do it, but manually:
mkdir /tmp/C
rsync -zav /tmp/C remotehost::Share/A/B/
rmdir /tmp/C

Perhaps a bit of shell wrapper.


Alternatively make the part that you know already exists remotely
 the "trunk" of the rsync, and use exclude lists
 to only get the branch you want transferred.

cat exclude-list
+ /C/
+ /C/D/
- /C/*

rsync -zav --exclude-from=exclude-list  /A/B/C remotehost::Share/A/B/

I haven't tested it, experiment locally first.
michaelj

PS: Already two similar replies, Oh well...

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