rsync到没有目标目录的远程

Question

I have run an rsync command to send local files to a remote server, but I forgot to specify the destination directory. Where in the remote server have the files been copied? I ran the following command:

rsync -avz source_directory/ remote_user@192.168.1.100

The output says the files were transmitted, and if I run the same command again, it doesn't transmit the files, becouse there is no change. But I cant find the files in the remote server.

Answer 1

Unless rsync sees a colon ( : ) in the destination (or source) parameter it uses it as a local path. man rsync gives a hint :

 SYNOPSIS
        Local:  rsync [OPTION...] SRC... [DEST]

        Access via remote shell:
          Pull: rsync [OPTION...] [USER@]HOST:SRC... [DEST]
          Push: rsync [OPTION...] SRC... [USER@]HOST:DEST

        [...]

And later:

The remote-shell transport is used whenever the source or destination path contains a single colon (:) separator after a host specification.

Ie no colon in either SRC or DEST and you're using the 'Local' variant.

( scp has this habit too, as noted in numerous frustrated rants by its users.)