Re: [Duplicity-talk] RSync over SSH using ssh config?

[edgar . soldin]

On 28.11.2014 22:38, Duplicity Mailing List wrote:
> Using `rsync://server_name_from_ssh_config/` (To backup to the
> quote-on-quote 'home' (Chrooted) dir) resutls in:-
> 
> `Attempt 1 failed. BackendException: Error running 'rsync -e 'ssh
> -oBatchMode=yes' /server_name_from_ssh_config/': returned 23, with output:`.
> 
> The correct command would be:-
> 
> `rsync -e 'ssh -oBatchMode=yes' server_name_from_ssh_config:`.
> 
> I'm almost positive this was working back in 0.6.X, 0.7 is now erroring
> out. How am I meant to do it in 0.7? I tried replacing the trailing
> forward slash with a colon and removing one of the protocol slashes
> (`rsync://` becoming `rsync:/`), but, it ran a slightly modified command:-
> 
> `rsync -e 'ssh -oBatchMode=yes' /server_name_from_ssh_config:/`
> 
> I then tried to remove the other protocol slash and I got:-
> 
> `InvalidBackendURL: missing // - relative paths not supported for scheme
> rsync: rsync:server_name_from_ssh_config:`.
> 
> Any help? What should I make my destination be?
> 
> P.S. a working rsync command, directly from the command line, would be:-
> 
> `rsync ${FILE} server_name_from_ssh_config:`
> 

you are aware of the difference between rsync _and_ rsync over ssh?

if you want to connect to the rsync daemon try
  rsync://user[:address@hidden::[/]module/some_dir 
as documented on the manpage
  http://duplicity.nongnu.org/duplicity.1.html#sect8

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