Linux Debian support - Re: Trouble getting off the ground with rsync

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Re: Trouble getting off the ground with rsync

Madhusudan Singh

2004-09-10, 7:45 am

D. Alvarado wrote:

> Hello,
> I just installed the latest version of rsync for my Fedora Core 2
> system. I want to write a script to syncrhonize a directory on my
> local machine to one on a remote machine. However, when I run the
> basic command, I get a mysterious error,
>
> ERROR: The remote path must start with a module name not a /
> rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at
> main.c(1046)
>
> Could someone fill me in on what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Thanks, - Dave

Assuming you are using ssh, I often use the following :

rsync -Wptruv -e ssh * remotehostname:remotedirectory

My user name on the remote system is the same as on my source system