Can scp be used to update a directory?

[Les Mikesell]

On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 15:53, Anne Wilson wrote:
> >
> > Test with somethng like 'ssh remote_server id'.  Once that works
> > you should be able to use 'rsync -e ssh ...'.
> >
> I can do 'ssh anne at borg' and connect to the remote box - no problem, and the 
> key is passed.  What I'm trying to do is find the commands I will need so 
> that I can put together a script to do regular copies across the lan.
> 
> I'll struggle on with the docs - it's no worse than the first time I got 
> gpg-agent going ;-)

You need to make the keys with no passphrase if you want it
to run automatically when no one will be able to supply it.

Or you could just nfs mount the remote space and use
it directly.  That might be more convenient, but perhaps
more susceptible to operator-error deletions.

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  Les Mikesell
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