rsync

[Rick Stevens]

ajay wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com>
> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux <redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 11:24 PM
> Subject: Re: rsync
> 
> 
> 
>>ajay wrote:
>>
>>>i am sorry i use ncftpget and after login i enter in "tivimtech" folder
> 
> i
> 
>>>want all data from "From Macmillan" folder but instead getting these
> 
> errors.
> 
>>It's VERY difficult to follow you, Ajay.  Please bottom post in the
>>future (put your comments AFTER what you're commenting on as I am doing
>>here).
>>
>>Let's get some terminology straight and make sure we understand what
>>you're trying to do.
>>
>>Let's call the machine you're sitting in front of (the local machine)
>>"systemA" and the remote machine "systemB".  I'm guessing you want to
>>get ALL of the files from some user's account on systemB into a
>>directory on systemA.  If that is the case, then create an "ftpcred"
>>file in your home directory on systemA that contains these three lines:
>>
>>host systemB
>>user name-of-user-on-systemB
>>pass password-for-user-on-systemB
>>
>>Then, create a directory under your home directory systemA where you
>>want the files to go.  Let's call it "sysBfiles":
>>
>>mkdir sysBfiles
>>
>>Now, you can do the get by executing
>>
>>ncftpget -f ftpcred -R sysBfiles *
>>
>>ncftpget will try to log into systemB as the user specified in your
>>ftpcred file and, if successful, will pull all of the files from that
>>user's home directory and put them in your "sysBfiles" directory.
> 
> 
> i type this command   "ncftpget -f login.cfg -d debug -R tivim *"
> and have also run it with "-F" switch, login is successful but getting
> "failed to open file/could not get file size"
> i am also attaching my debug report "debug"
> what may be problem?

Ajay, can you FTP into the remote machine?  If you FTP in and do an
"ls", do you get a similar error?  If so, then the home directory on the
remote machine for the user you're loggin in as is screwed up.
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