issues syncing between one host and another

Kevin Korb kmk at sanitarium.net
Thu Sep 5 07:06:14 CEST 2013


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The .current symlink is a pointer to the current backup.  It should
always be from the backup you just made to the fixed location of the
path you are using readlink on.

On 09/05/13 01:04, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
> How would i need to create the sym link and to what?
> 
> 
> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 7:03 AM, Kevin Korb <kmk at sanitarium.net 
> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>> wrote:
> 
> No, it is linking the new target to the previous link-dest
> 
> On 09/05/13 01:02, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
>> Doesnt my script already do that at the very end?
> 
> 
>> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 7:00 AM, Kevin Korb <kmk at sanitarium.net
> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>
>> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>>> wrote:
> 
>> 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 $remotedir 
>> /home/aquj001/recievingDir.current
> 
>> On 09/05/13 00:54, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
>>> Hey Kevin
> 
>>> The path works as it is after i recreated the .current
>>> directory but im still having the issue of a directory on the
>>> remote being created with too many symbolic links in it and no
>>> files.
> 
> 
>>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 8:27 PM, Kevin Korb <kmk at sanitarium.net
> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>
>> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>>
>>> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>
> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>>>> wrote:
> 
>>>> linkdest=$(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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>> -- Jonathan Aquilina
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> -- Jonathan Aquilina

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