[linux-audio-user] mounting network drives for dummies?

[Mark Knecht]

> 
> I believe that portage/emerge uses it, yes.
> I find rsync nicer for most of my needs than FTP or scp.
> 
> typically what I do is this, to push:
> 
> rsync -auv file1 file2 ... user at hostname:/path/to/where/i/want/it
> 
> or to pull:
> 
> rsync -auv user at hostname:/path/to/something .
> 
> It Just Works (tm).
> The only subtle gotcha I've found is that 
> "rsync foo_directory ." does not mean the same thing as 
> "rsync foo_directory/ ."
> ... this is explained clearly in the EXAMPLES section of the man page.
> 
> Also I generally put this in my /etc/profile:
> export RSYNC_RSH=/usr/bin/ssh

Paul,
   Thanks. I will save this email for future reference.

Cheers,
Mark