issues syncing between one host and another

[Jonathan Aquilina]

Hey Kevin

The path works as it is after i recreated the .current directory but im
still having the issue of a directory on the remote being created with too
many symbolic links in it and no files.


On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 8:27 PM, Kevin Korb <kmk at sanitarium.net> wrote:

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> > linkdest=$(ssh $user@$remotehost /usr/linux/bin/readlink/
> /home/aquj001/recievingDir.current)
>
> There probably shouldn't be a trailing / on the readlink command.
>
> If that doesn't settle it is the path in the error message the target
> or the link-dest?
>
> If it is the target try sending a mkdir first.
>
> On 09/04/13 09:56, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
> > I have the following script that I am working on
> >
> > #!/bin/bash
> >
> > date=$(date +%F--%T)
> >
> > #ssh parameters user=aquj001 remotehost=qa4app
> >
> > localdir=/home/aquj001/INFENG/scripts
> > remotedir=/home/aquj001/recievingDir.$date
> >
> > linkdest=$(ssh $user@$remotehost /usr/linux/bin/readlink/
> > /home/aquj001/recievingDir.current)
> >
> > rsync -a --compress  --link-dest=$linkdest --out-format='%i %n%L %l
> > %M' --omit-dir-times  "$localdir" "$user@$remotehost:$remotedir"
> > ssh $user@$remotehost /bin/rm -f
> > /home/aquj001/recievingDir.current ssh $user@$remotehost ln -sf
> > $remotedir $linkdest
> >
> > now the issue becomes when i run it, I get the following errors.
> >
> > rsync: change_dir#4
> > "/home/aquj001/recievingDir.2013-09-04--15:53:16" failed: No such
> > file or directory (2) rsync error: errors selecting input/output
> > files, dirs (code 3) at main.c(877) [receiver=3.0.6] rsync:
> > connection unexpectedly closed (9 bytes received so far) [sender]
> > rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at
> > io.c(600) [sender=3.0.6]
> >
> > It still creates the directory on the remote machine but its empty
> > and nothing but sym links. Any ideas as to what th eissue is would
> > be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > This is on an AIX 6.1 system installed from the aix toolbox
> > package.
> >
> >
> > -- Jonathan Aquilina
> >
> >
>
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Jonathan Aquilina
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