How can the --backup-dir be set to remote machine?

[Kevin Korb]

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The backup dir is relative to the target dir so if the target is
remote so is the backup dir.

On 02/03/2016 12:11 AM, jupiter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am running rsync backup on Centos 6, the following command does
> not seem work, the /backup/fll_copy was fine, but the
> /backup/Wednesday in the remote machine was not created even I
> changed the source contents several times.
> 
> 
> rsync -e "ssh -q -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" --backup 
> --backup-dir=username at ipaddress:/backup/$(date +%A) -av $SRC 
> username at ipaddress:/backup/full_copy
> 
> Appreciate what I could be missing here?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> - j
> 
> 

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