dired operation - rsync?

dired operation - rsync?

[Neal Becker]

I'd like to mark a bunch of files, but then, instead of Copy them, I want to 
rsync them.  Any ideas?  Is this worthy of an enhancement request for dired?

Re: dired operation - rsync?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com>
> Followup-To: gmane.emacs.help
> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:32:47 -0400
> 
> I'd like to mark a bunch of files, but then, instead of Copy them, I want to 
> rsync them.  Any ideas?  Is this worthy of an enhancement request for dired?

What's wrong with hitting `!' after marking those files, and then
typing the rsync command?

Re: dired operation - rsync?

[Neal Becker]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> From: Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com>
>> Followup-To: gmane.emacs.help
>> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:32:47 -0400
>> 
>> I'd like to mark a bunch of files, but then, instead of Copy them, I want to
>> rsync them.  Any ideas?  Is this worthy of an enhancement request for dired?
> 
> What's wrong with hitting `!' after marking those files, and then
> typing the rsync command?

Only that you have no control over how those filenames get substituted into the 
command.

rsync ${file} somepath...

Re: dired operation - rsync?

[Michael Albinus]

Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com> writes:

> I'd like to mark a bunch of files, but then, instead of Copy them, I want to 
> rsync them.  Any ideas?  Is this worthy of an enhancement request for dired?

Have you tried Tramp's rsync method? It might suffice, if the target is
remote.

Best regards, Michael.

Re: dired operation - rsync?

[Neal Becker]

Michael Albinus wrote:

> Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> I'd like to mark a bunch of files, but then, instead of Copy them, I want to
>> rsync them.  Any ideas?  Is this worthy of an enhancement request for dired?
> 
> Have you tried Tramp's rsync method? It might suffice, if the target is
> remote.
> 
> Best regards, Michael.

Thanks!  Looks like what it can do what I want (although I still think it would 
be a good addition to dired, since nobody else will ever figure this out), but I 
get:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p nil)
  tramp-method-out-of-band-p(["rsync" "nbecker" "nbecker5" "/home/nbecker/hn-
aci/test_8psk_perfect_sync_eq_decim.py.nbecker6.hughes.com.05fd701db5748833b44a40bdb15b9543.err.old"] 
nil)
  tramp-do-copy-or-rename-file(copy "/home/nbecker/hn-
aci/test_8psk_perfect_sync_eq_decim.py.nbecker6.hughes.com.05fd701db5748833b44a40bdb15b9543.err.old" 
"/rsync:nbecker@nbecker5:/home/nbecker/hn-
aci/test_8psk_perfect_sync_eq_decim.py.nbecker6.hughes.com.05fd701db5748833b44a40bdb15b9543.err.old" 
t t nil)
  tramp-handle-copy-file("/home/nbecker/hn-
aci/test_8psk_perfect_sync_eq_decim.py.nbecker6.hughes.com.05fd701db5748833b44a40bdb15b9543.err.old" 
"/rsync:nbecker@nbecker5:/home/nbecker/hn-
aci/test_8psk_perfect_sync_eq_decim.py.nbecker6.hughes.com.05fd701db5748833b44a40bdb15b9543.err.old" 
t t nil)
  apply(tramp-handle-copy-file ("/home/nbecker/hn-
aci/test_8psk_perfect_sync_eq_decim.py.nbecker6.hughes.com.05fd701db5748833b44a40bdb15b9543.err.old" 
"/rsync:nbecker@nbecker5:/home/nbecker/hn-
aci/test_8psk_perfect_sync_eq_decim.py.nbecker6.hughes.com.05fd701db5748833b44a40bdb15b9543.err.old" 
t t nil))
  tramp-sh-file-name-handler(copy-file "/home/nbecker/hn-
aci/test_8psk_perfect_sync_eq_decim.py.nbecker6.hughes.com.05fd701db5748833b44a40bdb15b9543.err.old" 
"/rsync:nbecker@nbecker5:/home/nbecker/hn-
aci/test_8psk_perfect_sync_eq_decim.py.nbecker6.hughes.com.05fd701db5748833b44a40bdb15b9543.err.old" 
t t nil)
  apply(tramp-sh-file-name-handler copy-file ("/home/nbecker/hn-
aci/test_8psk_perfect_sync_eq_decim.py.nbecker6.hughes.com.05fd701db5748833b44a40bdb15b9543.err.old" 
"/rsync:nbecker@nbecker5:/home/nbecker/hn-
aci/test_8psk_perfect_sync_eq_decim.py.nbecker6.hughes.com.05fd701db5748833b44a40bdb15b9543.err.old" 
t t nil))
  tramp-file-name-handler(copy-file "/home/nbecker/hn-
aci/test_8psk_perfect_sync_eq_decim.py.nbecker6.hughes.com.05fd701db5748833b44a40bdb15b9543.err.old" 
"/rsync:nbecker@nbecker5:/home/nbecker/hn-
aci/test_8psk_perfect_sync_eq_decim.py.nbecker6.hughes.com.05fd701db5748833b44a40bdb15b9543.err.old" 
t t nil)
  copy-file("/home/nbecker/hn-
aci/test_8psk_perfect_sync_eq_decim.py.nbecker6.hughes.com.05fd701db5748833b44a40bdb15b9543.err.old" 
"/rsync:nbecker@nbecker5:/home/nbecker/hn-
aci/test_8psk_perfect_sync_eq_decim.py.nbecker6.hughes.com.05fd701db5748833b44a40bdb15b9543.err.old" 
t t)
  byte-code("\b@;\203

Re: dired operation - rsync?

[Eric Abrahamsen]

On Tue, Jun 21 2011, Neal Becker wrote:

> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
>>> From: Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com>
>>> Followup-To: gmane.emacs.help
>>> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:32:47 -0400
>>> 
>>> I'd like to mark a bunch of files, but then, instead of Copy them, I want to
>>> rsync them.  Any ideas?  Is this worthy of an enhancement request for dired?
>> 
>> What's wrong with hitting `!' after marking those files, and then
>> typing the rsync command?
>
> Only that you have no control over how those filenames get substituted into the 
> command.
>
> rsync ${file} somepath...

'*' and '?' should do what you want.

(dired-do-shell-command COMMAND &optional ARG FILE-LIST)

Run a shell command COMMAND on the marked files.
If no files are marked or a specific numeric prefix arg is given,
the next ARG files are used.  Just C-u means the current file.
The prompt mentions the file(s) or the marker, as appropriate.

If there is a `*' in COMMAND, surrounded by whitespace, this runs
COMMAND just once with the entire file list substituted there.

If there is no `*', but there is a `?' in COMMAND, surrounded by
whitespace, this runs COMMAND on each file individually with the
file name substituted for `?'.

Re: dired operation - rsync?

[Neal Becker]

Eric Abrahamsen wrote:

...
> '*' and '?' should do what you want.
> 
> (dired-do-shell-command COMMAND &optional ARG FILE-LIST)
> 
> Run a shell command COMMAND on the marked files.
> If no files are marked or a specific numeric prefix arg is given,
> the next ARG files are used.  Just C-u means the current file.
> The prompt mentions the file(s) or the marker, as appropriate.
> 
> If there is a `*' in COMMAND, surrounded by whitespace, this runs
> COMMAND just once with the entire file list substituted there.
> 
> If there is no `*', but there is a `?' in COMMAND, surrounded by
> whitespace, this runs COMMAND on each file individually with the
> file name substituted for `?'.

Oh, cool!  Thanks!

Re: dired operation - rsync?

[Michael Albinus]

Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com> writes:

> Thanks!  Looks like what it can do what I want (although I still think it would
> be a good addition to dired, since nobody else will ever figure this
> out), but I
> get:
>
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p nil)
>   tramp-method-out-of-band-p(["rsync" "nbecker" "nbecker5" "/home/nbecker/hn-
> aci/test_8psk_perfect_sync_eq_decim.py.nbecker6.hughes.com.05fd701db5748833b44a40bdb15b9543.err.old"]
> nil)

Oops, there is an error, indeed (in case you sync a file which does not
exist, I believe). I've fixed it in Emacs 24.0.50.

Thanks for testing, and best regards, Michael.