rsync over different ssh port

[Roger Lipscombe]

> You're in luck.  the argument to -e can be a quoted string.
>
> rsync --progress -vrae 'ssh -p 8022' /home/bill/Graphics/
> bill at vortex:/home/bill/Graphics/
> These hotshots thought of everything, didn't they?

I've even used it like this (from memory):

rsync -auvz -e 'ssh outside rsh' /home/whatever/ inside:/home/wherever

To get around the fact that I didn't have a port-forward from 'outside' to
'inside', but did have working .rhosts.

Cheers,
Roger.

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Roger Lipscombe
Software Developer, SONICblue Incorporated