Thanks Brian ... but I don't know how to do either of those things ??? --------- > That's rsync over ssh so you can use pub key auth. > Or do it over tcp/873 and use $RSYNC_PASSWORD --------- >> On Jan 27, 2014 joe wrote: >> >> rsync question: >> >> I have a shell script similar to the following (but longer) that I use >> to copy/sync/backup selected directories and files from my main >> computer >> to a backup computer and also to copy/sync/backup those selected >> directories and files to my web-hosted space. >> >> This all works fine, except I have to enter the password for each >> segment. >> Is there some way that I could embed the password in this shell script >> so >> I do not have to manually type the password each time? >> >> echo "starting files copy/sync/backup" >> >> rsync -avH --delete --progress /home/joe/dir1/ >> joe@192.168.0.64:/home/joe/dir1/ >> rsync -avH --delete --progress /home/joe/dir2/ >> joe@192.168.0.64:/home/joe/dir2/ >> rsync -avH --delete --progress /home/joe/dir3/ >> joe@192.168.0.64:/home/joe/dir3/ >> >> rsync -avHp --progress /home/joe/dir1/ >> website@box123.bluehost.com:www/dir1/ >> rsync -avHp --progress /home/joe/dir2/ >> website@box123.bluehost.com:www/dir2/ >> rsync -avHp --progress /home/joe/dir3/ >> website@box123.bluehost.com:www/dir3/ >> >> echo "FINISHED" --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss