[Novalug] scp : skip xy.z??

[James Ewing Cottrell 3rd]

First, assume that rsync is almost exactly like rsh or ssh, albeit with 
different options. Also bone up on cp.

Second, go back and look for my message where I mentioned which options 
to look at. Look at v, a, x, n, u, C, and the options that a implies.

If an option seems abstruse and hard to understand, it probably is. 
Ignore it for now and come back later. Ignore double colons and rsync 
servers.

But if you want to be led by the hand, try info instead of man. This 
advice works well for many other commands too. Run info on itself first, 
so you know how to move around in info files.

Good Luck!

JIM

Beartooth wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Jun 2009, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 06:47:32PM +0000, jecottrell3 at comcast.net wrote:
>>> To address Beartooth's question: "Is there some slick trick?"
>>>
>>> Yes...STOP RESISTING...LEARN RSYNC.
>>>
>>> You will be glad you did. TRUST ME!
>>
>> One of the most useful utilities, ever.
> 
>     OK -- what better way is there than reading the man page?
> 
>     It's distinctly better than some, but refers for instance to "the 
> README" as if it were obvious where that might be. (In fact, I have had 
> rsync installed on all my machines for years, hoping to get around to 
> taking it up -- and have yet to catch anaconda or yum referring to a 
> README ...)
> 
>     Simply googling "rsync" gets well over half a million hits -- about 
> as useful as searching the Library of Congress catalog for "Shakespeare" 
> or "Bible."
> 
>     What have the old hands found that gets across well to beginners??
> 
> 
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