> how would I rsync just what has been modified? If I interpret this question as: 'how would rsync know just what has been modified?' The answer is: it depends. rsync will compare timestamps unless you use the --checksum option. RTFM... If I interpret this question as: 'how would I know just what rsync has updated?' You don't, you trust rsync. I you don't trust rsync (I don't), you can run it twice with the --checksum option (I do) or you can: ssh user@box 'cd my-path;find . -type f -exec md5sum "{}" \;|sort' > /tmp/remote.md5 cd my-path;find . -type f -exec md5sum "{}" \;|sort > /tmp/local.md5 sdiff -s /tmp/remote.md5 /tmp/local.md5 Ang get your banana... :) Good luck... ET PS: Free advice, you can't sue me... :) Michael Havens writes: > thanks. this is takling a long time..... how would I rsync just what has > been modified? > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Nathan England wrote: > >> ** >> >> >> You need to use rsync >> >> >> >> rsync -av /path/to/localfile user@remotehost:/path/to/remotefile >> >> >> >> or alternatively >> >> >> >> rsync -av user@remotehost:/path/to/remotefile /path/to/localfile >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Friday, April 27, 2012 13:46:40 Michael Havens wrote: >> >> thanks for the quick responses.... what I meant is like to have duplicate >> files on two systems and then make the files the same. >> >> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Carruth, Rusty < >> Rusty.Carruth@smartstoragesys.com> wrote: >> >> Fast answer: >> >> >> >> ssh me@foosystem ‘cat the_Remote_file’ >> localfile >> >> >> >> Explanation: >> >> >> >> On system ‘foosystem’ (as me), cat the file. On this >> system, append that stream of bytes to ‘localfile’. >> >> >> >> Should you want to ‘tail –f’ the file on ‘foosystem’, change ‘cat’ to >> ‘tail –f’. (Or grep, or …) >> >> >> >> Rusty >> >> >> >> . >> >> >> >> From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto: >> plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Michael Havens >> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 1:05 PM >> To: Main PLUG discussion list >> Subject: merge documents with scp >> >> >> >> is there a way to tell scp to add any appended text to an existing >> document? (that's called 'merge', right?) >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> Nathan England >> >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> NME Computer Services http://www.nmecs.com >> >> Nathan England (nathan@nmecs.com) >> >> Systems Administration / Web Application Development >> >> Information Security and Consulting >> >> (480) 559.9681 >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss