rsync over ftp problem

[castaway]

Hi there,

I am trying to sync some local files to a shared host ftp account (bluehost). Here is what I am trying (everything is in a .sh file):

1. I mount the ftp location with curlftps

curlftpfs -o user=myusernamec@mydomain.com:mypassword ftp://ftp.mydomain.com ~/ftp_backups

so far so good (I think)

2. I then try to sync the files

rsync -a -r --no-o --no-g --safe-links --exclude=mkstemp --progress /somefolder ~/ftp_backups/someotherfolder/

and it all goes bonkers in the form of this error:

rsync: mkstemp "/someotherfolder/.prova.txt.2NZFm5" failed: Operation not supported (95)

I believe this has something to do with all files in the ftp mount being owned by root instead of my user, but at this point I don't know what to do. I tried many options and managed to get rid of a previous chgrp error, but I couldn't find anything related to this after a few hours of research.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[D-cat]

since rsync is being invoked locally, it's trying to make its temp file off the source tree instead of the destination. This can be overridden, try adding the option --tempdir=/var/tmp/rsync (you might have to make the tmp/rsync folder first).

[castaway]

Hi D-cat,
thanks for answering but sadly your suggestion does not seem to be understood by rsync. When I use:

rsync -a -r --no-o --no-g --safe-links --tempdir=/var/tmp/rsync --progress /somefolder ~/ftp_backups/someotherfolder/

I get this error:

rsync: --tempdir=/var/tmp/rsync: unknown option
rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1441) [client=3.0.3]

Most likely it is just me messing it up, what is it I am doing wrong?

[castaway]

hi again, I found the code spelling was wrong (it should have been --temp-dir=...)
still not working though, does not seem to find any files or folders for some reason.

I will look into it and post later (or even tomorrow)

Tx

[D-cat]

(it should have been --temp-dir=...)

Oops, sorry `bout that.

[alaunay]

I just tried, temp-dir is accepted, but the rsync still goes mkstemp-foo... Any idea ?