rsync folders with same data but different names?

[office politics]

we have a folder named backup and on another server it is named backups. i want to rsync the directories. if i use the command below, i think it will xfer the folder named backup to /server2/backups/backup. how do i change this to copy to the same folder but different name?

rsync -ar /server/backup /server2/backups

 

[MindoverMaster]

I'm not a linux pro, but let me pick at this.

If you put /server/backup, doesnt it copy that folder. Where /server/backup/ copies the data in that directory?

 

[Jayce]

Ahhh this is slipping my mind but I think MindoverMaster is on to something. The trailing / might be the golden ticket, but a test-drive will be in order to confirm it.

 

[office politics]

i'm a little confused abotu what you're saying, but if i put

rsync -ar /server/backup /server2/backups


it works to sync the folder named backup to /server2/backups. effectively creating /server2/backups/backup. now, the files i need access to are another level deep. i need them up one level.

edit - ok ill give it a go with the slash

 

[office politics]

using the first dir with the slash and the dest dir w/o the slash worked.

rep'd.

 

[MindoverMaster]

Now Jayce can call me a Linux pro. ROFL.

Just simple logic, IMO. Glad I could help

 

[Jayce]

using the first dir with the slash and the dest dir w/o the slash worked.

rep'd.

Insinuating that

/folder/source/ /destination/folder

worked?

Now Jayce can call me a Linux pro. ROFL.

lol - I hear ya there! Good catch. I hadn't noticed it at first.

 

[MindoverMaster]

Yeah, like this:

rsync -ar /server/backup/ /server2/backups

 

[Nitestick]

Using a /* wildcard on the end to grab directory contents instead of a directory can be helpful in your commands to, I haven't used rsync before and the above solutions are probably superior.

 

[Jayce]

Using a /* wildcard on the end to grab directory contents instead of a directory can be helpful in your commands to, I haven't used rsync before and the above solutions are probably superior.

This is very true. The * wildcard can be very helpful. I use it more often than I realized. Just be careful with it if you're doing a delete command.

Been there.