Ed W wrote: > Hi, I need to rsync a remote live server to a local backup machine. The > local backup machine is starting the rsync on scheduled basis (ie > pulling from the remote) and I would like it to reduce the load on the > remote live server by using nice/ionice at the far end. I'm connecting > to the remote machine with ssh > > How can I get the remote server to be running it's part of the chain > nice'd/ionice'd ? >
Hi Ed, If I'm not mistaken, I think you're looking for: --rsync-path=~/bin/nice-rsync.sh which has /home/user/bin/nice-rsync.sh: ionice --some-option rsync (I've never used it, but I think that's the right option) > Thanks > > Ed W -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html