[H-GEN] Copying/Moving data between Linux boxes

[David Jericho]

Willie Yeo wrote:

>     Can anyone tell me what is the best way to move my data from one 
> Linux box to another Linux box ?
>     I need it to be able to retain the ownership/permissions between the 
> two boxes across the ethernet :(

Between boxes that have are Unix alike, you'd be hard pressed to beat rsync.

It can tunnel across ssh as well, the syntax is quite simple.

rsync -e ssh -avcP <source> <host>:<dest path>

-e ssh
	means use ssh as the remote shell protocol

-a
	means archive, recursively keeping everything the same as it is on the 
original file system

-v
	means verbose
-c	
	means do block checksums and all. Nice if the transfer fails half way 
through, and it'll fix any corruption, sending only deltas.

-P
	means show progress, and allow partial transfers

Check the man page for more information.

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David Jericho
Senior Systems Administrator, Tucana Technologies