Questions tagged [rsync]
GENERAL RSYNC SUPPORT IS OFF-TOPIC. Support questions may be asked on https://superuser.com. rsync can copy files locally, over ssh or rsh remote shell services, or with a remote rsync daemon. Files can be incrementally updated and rsync provides for file-size and last-modified time update checks. rsync runs on POSIX systems including Linux, BSD, Unix, and Windows (via Cygwin).
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Rsync gives "cannot delete non-empty directory" message when --delete was not used [closed]
A script runs nightly with rsync to back up one drive to another over the network, but only runs it with the "--delete" option monthly on the 1st, mainly as a "backup backup," if ...
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Using rsync to insert a new subdirectory [closed]
I have an existing remote file system like so:
├── freshmeat
│ └── prime
│ ├── A
│ └── B
I want to insert an update from a local directory: freshmeat/prime/c/D
So the end result would ...
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Pushings files to Ec2 Instance using rsync
i have a directory on my local machine and want to push it to a ec2 instance.
Herre is the directory
I'm using rsync and have used the following commands
rsync /Users/abr032296/Desktop/Projects/...
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Some random ownership changes through `rsync -a` inside a LXC container
I am migrating a dedicated server running Debian 12 with LXC and a couple of containers.
I use rsync with -avhze options from the new server (pulling), with root user on both sides.
It appears that ...
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Rsync --compare-dest with remote directory giving errors
On local Win11 machine, I'm using rsync v3.3 through Cygwin v3.5.3 and on my remote ubuntu 22.04 machine, I'm using rsync v3.2.7.
I have a source directory in my local machine whilst compare and ...
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Restoring riscv64 machine using a full backup
I have a cluster of riscv machines (LicheePI 4A) whom I want to back up in case something goes terribly wrong and I need to restore them up from scratch but keeping changes made. I am using a hard ...
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How do I change permanently change under the specific directory in Linux after I specified permissions with `chown -R user:group .`?
How do I change permanently change under the specific directory in Linux after I specified permissions with chown -R user:group .?
For example, I changed owner and group with chown -R www-data:www-...
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What is the correct way of deploying .NET Core app to Ubuntu VPS?
I am trying to deploy my .NET Core application to an Ubuntu VPS. I have a GitHub Actions workflow with the following YAML configuration:
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@v4
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rsync archive to copy files from MacOs to TerraMaster DAS (ExFAT file system)
I'm trying to copy files from my MacBook with Sonoma 14.1.2 to TerraMaster D2-310 configured with ExFAT file system, GUID partition table.
I decided to use rsync (version 3.3.0) but if I use flag: -a ...
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How to quiet stdout when I rsync in a remote docker container
I host some personal services on a remote server running docker. This service is storing it's data in a docker volume.
I'm doing some backups from my NAS at home using rsync:
rsync --recursive --...
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Rsync fails with permission error while executed through rundeck, works fine otherwise
I am trying execute a rsync command using rundeck on two local folders:
rsync -avur -n /tmp/rundeck/test_1/ /tmp/rundeck/test_2/
However, this gives me below error:
sending incremental file list
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Github actions to deploy github repo into aws ec2 instance
here is my problem.
I have a github repository and I want to copy it into a aws EC2 instance automatically with a github-actions.yml file.
In github secrets, I added the following secrets:
AWS_HOST
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rsync over network to an external hard drive. Operation not permitted (1)
I want to backup some shared folders from my synology NAS to an external hard drive on my mac. Synology offers Hyper Backup using rsync for this kind of task. Since I can't get a task setup in Hyper ...
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error: Sandbox: rsync.samba in Xcode project
when integrating Realm into the Xcode project, two errors appear:
error: Sandbox: rsync.samba(23748) deny(1) file-write-create /Users/danilkoksenev/DerivedXcode/MyPlaces-egyurzcpvwpcvjbgtnifjfqlhsia/...
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HPC remote server side rsync command limit
I am currently trying to transfer three different files (that have multiple versions) to directories on a computing cluster via SSH using the rsync command. Two of these files exist in the same local ...
