[wellylug] rsync question(s)

John Durham johndurh at spunge.org
Wed Nov 15 19:32:26 NZDT 2006


Cliff Pratt wrote:
> John Durham wrote:
>> I have rsysnc installed under windows XP on the same network as my 
>> ubuntu server. The function of the windows utility seems to be to 
>> create a batch file which can be run from the command prompt (please 
>> correct me on that if needed). It was a pleasant surprise to see it 
>> attempting to make a connection. To make a log story short, it 
>> produced the following message: The remote path must start with a 
>> module name not a /
>> rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at 
>> main.c(1296) [sender=2.6.8]
>> Terminating server channel ...
>>
>> Can anyone explain this so I can get to the next step please?
> >
> Do you want to post the bat file? Right click it and open it with 
> notepad..
>
> Cheers,
>
> Cliff
>
>
Ok, here it is:

@ECHO OFF
SET SECHAW_IDENTITY="316839"
SET SECHAW_TYPE=ssh
SET SECHAW_LOCALPORT=9119
SET SECHAW_SERVER=ubuntu
SET SECHAW_SERVERPORT=873
SET SECHAW_USER=SvcwRsync
SET SECHAW_CMD="D:\Program Files\cwRsync\bin\rsync.exe"  -t 
d:\Web_Pages\New_Webstuff\*.html 
rsync://SvcwRsync@localhost:9119//home/johndurh/Website/modecideas.com
SET SECHAW_TUNNEL=ssh -i "316839" -L 9119:127.0.0.1:873 SvcwRsync at ubuntu 
-T -N
"D:\Program Files\cwRsync\bin\sechaw.exe" --verbose

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