issues syncing between one host and another

[Kevin Korb]

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Ahh, I missed looking at the ln command.  You are supposed to be
linking the backup you just made to .current.  So,

ssh $user@$remotehost ln -sf $remotedir /home/aquj001/recievingDir.current

On 09/05/13 00:54, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>> wrote:
> 
>> 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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