Problems with Rsync

[Francis Montagnac]

> rsync -crzvv --password-file /etc/rsync.passwd --bwlimit=120
> rsync://pub@xxx.xxx.xxx/pub/critical_full_daily/*.* /STOR-1/ >>
> /var/log/rsync.xxx.pulls.xxx 2>&1
...
> Notice that *.* is used , i did this so that i can get all the files in
> the directory. I have also tried *  as the variable.

Then, simply suppress *.* in your command, ie:

  rsync -crzvv --password-file /etc/rsync.passwd --bwlimit=120 \
  rsync://pub@xxx.xxx.xxx/pub/critical_full_daily/ /STOR-1/ >> \
  /var/log/rsync.xxx.pulls.xxx 2>&1

Using such wilcard may fail by generating a too long argument list.

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