rsync syntax question

[Ed]

rsync -avH --progress dirname/ webhostname:www/differentdirname

add the trailing / and it works on the contents - see the section on Usage:
http://www.samba.org/ftp/rsync/rsync.html


On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 3:36 PM,  <joe at actionline.com> wrote:
>
> How can I modify the following syntax to copy a directory
> to a different directory name?
>
> I currently use this:
>
> rsync -avH --progress dirname webhostname:www/
>
> Which works fine to update the contents of dirname.
> But how could I modify this syntax so that it would
> copy the contents of "dirname" to "differentdirname" ?
>
>
>
>
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