I do not think there would be a problem using ssh as the shell. The cat trick or using - is basically the same thing as specifying the file names manually.
On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 03:42, Lorenzo Bettini wrote: > jw schultz wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 07:15:27PM +0100, Lorenzo Bettini wrote: > > > >>Aaron Morris wrote: > >> > >>>You did not specifically mention it: compression (-z) would probably > >>>help more than anything. Otherwise, you could do something like: > >>> > >>>Have a file (ie filelist.txt) that contains the filename (with relative > >>>paths), one file per line. > >>> > >>>rsync -rRWz `cat filelist.txt` user@hostname::module > >>> > >> > >>as I understand this works only when connecting to a rsync daemon... > >>what if I wanted to use ssh as a shell? > > > > > > Compression works fine over ssh. Don't know where you got > > the impression it doesn't given what is in the manpage. > > > > I did not refer to compression: I was wondering if there's a way for > updating only a list of files with the `cat` trick... > > Lorenzo > > -- > +-----------------------------------------------------+ > | Lorenzo Bettini ICQ# lbetto, 16080134 | > | PhD student in Computer Science | > | Dip. Sistemi e Informatica, Univ. di Firenze | > | Tel +39 055 4796741, Fax +39 055 4796730 | > | Florence - Italy (Linux User # 158233) | > | Home Page : http://www.lorenzobettini.it | > | E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | http://music.dsi.unifi.it XKlaim language | > | http://www.lorenzobettini.it/purple Cover Band | > | http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite | > | http://www.gnu.org/software/gengetopt | > +-----------------------------------------------------+ > > > > -- > To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- Aaron W Morris decep PGP Key: 259978D1 -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html