rsync and remote shell

[Stenull]

Hi!
Im reading up on rsync and need some collaboration from a pro :)
I gonna transfer files from a remote client to my freenas@home.
Only way in is by ssh or sftp, so i assume rsync via remote shell is the way to go.

My thought so far

Code:

rsync -vh myuser@remote.client.com:~/torrents/completed/Weeds* /mnt/Tank1/Media

would this copy all folders starting with the word "Weeds" to the destination folder at home?

 

[ProtoSD]

Hi!
Im reading up on rsync and need some collaboration from a pro :)
I gonna transfer files from a remote client to my freenas@home.
Only way in is by ssh or sftp, so i assume rsync via remote shell is the way to go.

My thought so far

Code:

rsync -vh myuser@remote.client.com:~/torrents/completed/Weeds* /mnt/Tank1/Media

would this copy all folders starting with the word "Weeds" to the destination folder at home?

Hi Stenull,

First, love your choice of an example folder, really great show ;-)

Yes, that will work, but you need the '-a' also. When I copy large groups of media files where a potential error might scroll off the screen, I like to add the logfile option, so using your example.

rsync -avh --log-file=/mnt/Tank1/Weeds.log myuser@remote.client.com:~/torrents/completed/Weeds* /mnt/Tank1/Media

The -a (archive) includes a bunch of other options, but also recurses into any subfolders and gets those files too.

 

[Stenull]

Exactly the kind of input i was searching for!
Will try out today so i can finish season 7 ;)

EDIT:
Worked great. Only negative thing was that "v" had no affect in putty.