(ALTERNATIVES) How 'rsync' two in a script with one password?

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>> One way to "provide the password once per connection" is using sshfs:
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>> sshfs user at remotehost:/path/I/care /where/I/want/it
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>> Give your password and the mount will persist until either machine is
>> booted or the connection dies.
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>> Now you can:
>> rsync -[all I want] /path/to/save/ /where/I/want/it
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> Thanks ET. While I plan to try to set up the key based authentication that
> Bryan explained, this sshfs looks like a good alternative. However, I
> don't quite understand the sshfs example, especially the "/path/I/care"
> part and all the rest that should follow on the sshfs line. How would I do
> that in the example that I originally provided?
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> # update.blue
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> sshfs (what goes here?):/(what goes here?)/ (what goes here?)
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> rsync -avHp --progress /home/joe/mydata/upquick/
> vsiq at box5.bluehost.com:www/upquick/
>
> rsync -avHp --progress /home/joe/mydata/zip/ vsiq at box5.bluehost.com:www/zip/
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> rsync -avHp --progress /home/joe/mydata/av7/ vsiq at box5.bluehost.com:www/av7/
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SSHFS is a fuse based which means controlled by userland network-like
drive that is placed on your desktop. Whatever you drop in the icon
will transfer to the guest machine. It is a great option if you have
small amounts of data because it uses a file manager. I don't
recommend GUI's for long term backup solutions because of cache
issues, tmp file isses and corrupted files as a result. You have NO
way to track its progress reliably. In CLI environment you can tell
exactly where you are at all times and if there is a failure recover
from it easily with rsync without corrupting data. This method also
usually tends to gain faster bandwidth speeds and complete quicker.

vp

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