I have this code below which loops rsync
several times in different directories:
for (( i=0; i<6; i++ )); do
rsync /source-${i} /remote-destination
done
However there is a problem: when it executes the first rsync
, it asks me the password of the remove server and then it starts transfering the files. Only after it finishes transfering all the files it executes the loop a second time, asks me the password of the remote server again (no problem, I can afford typing the password every single time) and then I need to wait the transfer to happen so it can continue.
I would like the loop to continue, without waiting… I tried using the &
char at the end of the command line to send it to background however if I do that, I cant type the password of the remote server!
Any idea how I can solve this? I really want to type myself the password every single time, this is not a problem. The problem is that or the loop waits every single rsync
to be completed or it sends the password prompt to the background if I use &
.
2
Answers
Look into the
rsync
online man page, and it has an opinion called--password-file
.Here are some original texts:
This is really an
ssh
question. You have to create ssh keys and copy them to the remote host – see here for some good directions.Until you can do:
without entering a password rsync will require a password.