Re: local rsync script for cvs

[mneptok <mneptok mneptok com>]

Ross Golder wrote:

> > Attached is a simple shell script for performing a local rsync. As I
> > have no ssh access, I cannot put the finalized paths into the
> > script, but I have tested it on my machine and it works.
>
> There probably wasn't any need to tar/bzip it, as it's just a single
> line:
>
> rsync -a -c -q -z -e
> ssh /path/to/cvs /path/to/one/dirlevel/higher/than/cvs/mirror --eahfs

It was already b'zipped as I had chucked it on my webserver and
wanted to avoid any apache MIME issues.

> The /path/to/cvs is /cvs/gnome.

Good to know.

> > This can be used to rsync the cvs repository between dirs on a
> > single machine. Once cron'ed, it's automagic. The instance of rsync
> > in the script has been flagged to use compression and checksums.
>
> The '-e ssh' bit can also be done by setting 'RSYNC_RSH=ssh' in the
> environment.

But I assume laziness when writing scripts. :)

> > Please ensure that the final path for the destination is the path
> > *above* where you want $cvsroot mirrored. And of course the user
> > that executes this via cron needs read for the source and write for
> > the destination.
> >
> > Once it is ensured that this script works on a local machine I'll
> > begin cooking a script to rsync across hosts to smooth the mirroring
> > schema.
>  
> Presumably, this script is intended to be a standard script for
> anonymous CVS mirrors to use? If so, it might be worth asking Stric for
> a copy of his script/command, which we know works well, and working from
> that.

If by "this script" you mean the one I mentioned I'll begin working
on and not the one I attached, then yes, you are correct. And I'll
ping Stric. Thanks. :)

./k

kurt von finck
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