rsync question

[Brian]

That's rsync over ssh so you can use pub key auth. Or do it over tcp/873 and use $RSYNC_PASSWORD

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> On Jan 27, 2014, at 5:13 PM, joe at actionline.com 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 at 192.168.0.64:/home/joe/dir1/
> rsync -avH --delete --progress /home/joe/dir2/
> joe at 192.168.0.64:/home/joe/dir2/
> rsync -avH --delete --progress /home/joe/dir3/
> joe at 192.168.0.64:/home/joe/dir3/
> 
> rsync -avHp --progress /home/joe/dir1/ website at box123.bluehost.com:www/dir1/
> rsync -avHp --progress /home/joe/dir2/ website at box123.bluehost.com:www/dir2/
> rsync -avHp --progress /home/joe/dir3/ website at box123.bluehost.com:www/dir3/
> 
> echo "FINISHED"
> 
> 
> 
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