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?
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> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 7:03 AM, Kevin Korb <kmk at sanitarium.net
> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>> wrote:
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> No, it is linking the new target to the previous link-dest
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> On 09/05/13 01:02, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
>> Doesnt my script already do that at the very end?
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>
>> 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:
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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,
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>> ssh $user@$remotehost ln -sf $remotedir
>> /home/aquj001/recievingDir.current
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>> On 09/05/13 00:54, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
>>> Hey Kevin
>
>>> The path works as it is after i recreated the .current
>>> directory but im still having the issue of a directory on the
>>> remote being created with too many symbolic links in it and no
>>> files.
>
>
>>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 8:27 PM, Kevin Korb <kmk at sanitarium.net
> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>
>> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>>
>>> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>
> <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net <mailto:kmk at sanitarium.net>>>> wrote:
>
>>>> linkdest=$(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
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>>>> #!/bin/bash
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>>>> date=$(date +%F--%T)
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>>>> #ssh parameters user=aquj001 remotehost=qa4app
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>>>> localdir=/home/aquj001/INFENG/scripts
>>>> remotedir=/home/aquj001/recievingDir.$date
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>>>> linkdest=$(ssh $user@$remotehost /usr/linux/bin/readlink/
>>>> /home/aquj001/recievingDir.current)
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>>>> 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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