On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Lisa Kachold <
lisakachold@obnosis.com> wrote:
> You can use scp, tar or rsync.
>
> Rsync is a low level copy process that actually takes a great load on
> the system. Developers often learn it and don't realize that scp will
> work just as well, and maintain all the permissions and ownership.
>
> You can also use NFS to mount a shared directory and have scripts move
> things back and forth. This is actually a good solution if you have a
> stable unloaded network and are running NFS4.
>
> We always mounted our user directories across the network and used an
> admin share for tar copy and move via cron.
>
> It's really nice to use the same tools in a bin across network machines.
>
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 1:43 PM, <
joe@actionline.com> wrote:
>> What is the procedure and syntax to 'rsync' all of a specific set of
>> directories and files from one computer to another that are on the same
>> network?
>>
>> I have been burning DVDs on one computer and copying those files onto my
>> other computer(s), but when I download all those files, the permissions
>> are all changed to be non-writeable files and directories.
>>
>> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 9598 Feb 2 15:18 filenames
>> dr-xr-xr-x 5 root root 6144 Feb 2 21:06 directory-names
>>
>> Is there some way to globally fix that?
>>
>> Or would 'rsync' be a better solution?
>>
>> I've never used 'rsync' and after reading the 'man' pages, I'm still
>> confused.
>>
>> Is there a way to do this to preserve the file dates and only copy those
>> files that are newer (have more recent dates) onto the target system?
>>
>>