Comments on: Rsync to the rescue: Copying files from server to server http://stereointeractive.com/blog/2007/06/10/rsync-to-the-rescue-copying-files-from-server-to-server/ Development Blog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:31:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Scott Meves http://stereointeractive.com/blog/2007/06/10/rsync-to-the-rescue-copying-files-from-server-to-server/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Scott Meves Sat, 24 May 2008 21:27:11 +0000 http://blog.stereodevelopment.com/2007/06/10/rsync-to-the-rescue-copying-files-from-server-to-server/#comment-238 if you want to connect to ssh with a different port, use: -e 'ssh -p####' if you want to connect to ssh with a different port, use: -e ’ssh -p####’

]]> By: smeves http://stereointeractive.com/blog/2007/06/10/rsync-to-the-rescue-copying-files-from-server-to-server/comment-page-1/#comment-7 smeves Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:38:24 +0000 http://blog.stereodevelopment.com/2007/06/10/rsync-to-the-rescue-copying-files-from-server-to-server/#comment-7 another good tip: do a dry run before actually copying with the -n flag, and exclude unnecessary files with --exclude-file: <pre class="code"><code>rsync -avcn -e ssh xxx@xx.xx.xxx:/your/old/path/ your/new/path --exclude-from rsync_exclude.txt</code></pre> another good tip: do a dry run before actually copying with the -n flag, and exclude unnecessary files with –exclude-file:

rsync -avcn -e ssh xxx@xx.xx.xxx:/your/old/path/ your/new/path --exclude-from rsync_exclude.txt
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