hi ya
i dont know of any easy tricks to give scp a "list of files"
scp target:/list_of_files desktop:/home/foo
-- for copying only the last 7 days of changes...
tar has a --newer option too if you dont like "find"
( "newer" than the last time it ran)
laptop# find /etc /home -mtime -7 -type f -print | tar cvf - -T - | \
ssh desktop ( cd /home/foo ; tar xvfp - )
# since we sometimes forget what we did last
#
laptop# echo " 7-days worth synced on on `date` " \
> /home/foo/Last_Time_I_Synced.txt
and i typically keep that tar file as a "backup" file ... than i can
easily:
laptop# find .... | tar zcvf /home/backups/todays.tgz -T -
laptop# scp /home/backups/todays.tgz desktop:/home/foo
desktop# cd /home/foo ; tar zxvfp todays.tgz
desktop# regenerate new checksum .. update your IDS..etc...
"actually, carefully check your IDS before updating ;-) "
have fun
alvin
http://www.Linux-Backup.net
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Christopher S. Swingley wrote:
> Timo,
>
> > Right now I am doing a backup from my laptop to my workstation using
> > OpenSSH's secure copy. The problem is that i would like to copy only
> > newer files, cos it also transports my Ogg/Vorbis files (quite some
> > gigabytes) over net -quite not wanted. Is there a way like in normal cp
> > to tell scp that it should compare file's timestamps/sizes before
> > sending any files?
>
> Use rsync with the -e ssh option. You'll get rsync's logic (only
> transfer data that's different) and the security / convenience of
> ssh / scp. You don't need to run the server on either end, but I think
> you probably need the rsync package on both ends.
>
