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Toontje
Toontje

Reputation: 1485

rsync folder from local system to server does not work

I'm trying to copy my webfolder 'depot' from my local machine to my server on Digital Ocean.

For that I run this command in the terminal:

rsync -anv ./Sites/depot root@my-server-ip:/sites

But when I ssh into my server and cd into the sites folder, the 'depot' folder is not there.

Am I doing something wrong?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 528

Answers (1)

Paul R
Paul R

Reputation: 212929

You have set the -n flag, which results in a "dry run" (you get to see which files would be copied/deleted without actually doing any damage).

To do the actual copy you need to omit the -n flag:

rsync -av ./Sites/depot root@my-server-ip:/sites/depot

Also be careful about how you specify paths for rsync - normally you need a trailing /:

rsync -av ./Sites/depot/ root@my-server-ip:/sites/depot/

otherwise you can end up with copies of directories inside of directories (e.g. sites/depot/depot).

See man rsync for full details.

Upvotes: 1

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