ftp:// error

[Manuel López-Ibáñez]

Of course, if someone can correct me or improve my answer, please feel 
free to do so, I am subscribed to this list to learn about rsync.

Maybe we should consider this question for the FAQ.

Best regards,
	Manuel.


Manuel López-Ibáñez wrote:
> I am sorry, the rsync algorithm needs to execute rsync on the server. 
> Since ftp does not allow executing remote programs (as ssh does), even 
> if there exists a rsync executable installed in the server and you have 
> permission to execute it, using ftp you cannot execute it. So your 
> command won't work and it will never be because it is impossible to 
> implement it by the very differences of what rsync does (executing a 
> remote rsync program) and how ftp works (just download files).
> 
> I hope my answer was clear to you.
> 
> Cheers,
>     Manuel.
> 
> Marten Lehmann wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> from a server where neither a rsync daemon nor ssh is running I'm 
>> trying to backup the whole data with ftp. So my idea was to call rsync 
>> like this:
>>
>> rsync -v -a 'ftp://1.2.3.4/' my_folder
>>
>> But this gives me:
>>
>> ftp: unknown host
>> ftp: unknown host
>> ftp: Unknown host
>> rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes read so far)
>> rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(165)
>>
>> Doesn't rsync handle ftp://?
>>
>> Regards
>> Marten
> 
> 
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