rsync directories

Question

I'm trying to sync my music collection between my mac and my linux workstation but fails to mirror from my server share to linux.

rsync -avz --progress Music/ /volumes/myserver/music works fine but the reverse on my linux ws doesnt.

rsync -avz --progress /path/to/samba/share/music/ ~/Music does nothing..

Any clue what I have gotten wrong with this??

Best Regards Anders Olme

Also, you might want to consider rsyncing between the hosts using ssh, rsh or rsyncd, instead of using samba. A lot of the power and efficiency of rsync is lost if samba has to read the whole file first over the network to find differences.
I out puts nothing at all on the linux side.. Could try to use ssh instead but it is nice to be able to use tab-completion when you input the paths. Is rsyncd the prefered method or is it more kosher to use the ssh variant?

ysimard · Answer 1 · 2010-05-26 17:36:25Z

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I would try with the full path and adding some -vv option could also help. The -n (dry-run) option is also your friend.

rsync -n -avvz --progress /path/to/samba/share/music/ /Users/Someone/Music

answered May 26 '10 at 17:36

	Adding more v didnt make any difference no more text output just a few seconds wait and then nothing. – Buzzzz May 27 '10 at 16:03
	do you have 'similar' version of rsync on both machines ? Personally, as Rog mention, I also use ssh for doing it rsync -n -avz --stats -e ssh User@machine1:/path/Music /Users/Someone/Music – ysimard May 27 '10 at 18:02

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