X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-Id: <6.2.1.2.0.20051214081743.0410efa8@imap.telissant.com> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 08:21:00 -0500 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: web AT 3dresearch DOT com Subject: RE: Where is my --password-file? In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com At 08:03 AM 12/14/2005, you wrote: >You wrote on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 1:56 PM: > > > actually, this is the command I have used: > > > > rsync -avz "/cygdrive/e/Company" > > password-file="/home/Administrator/rsync_passwd" --delete > > --delete-excluded > > --exclude "Office2003/" --exclude "Office2003SP/" > > server1 AT 192 DOT 168 DOT 30 DOT 17::winbackups/ > > > /home/Administrator/rsync_server1.log > >Right, you've missed the "--" in front of "password-file=...". > >Rsync thinks that 'password-file="/home/Administrator/rsync_passwd"' >is a file, not a parameter, and boom. > >HTH, > Jan. Grrrrrrrrr! Thank you both. Janos Dohanics -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/