The command line bellow works fine by itself.
/opt/csw/bin/rsync -azq --delete -e "ssh -i /.ssh/ss" /home/ me@myaccount.storage.com:/home/
Now I would like to introduce some variable into it and make a .sh file such as bellow and it does not work anymore. I guess the part -e "ssh -i /.ssh/ss" has syntax error but I don't know what to do. Any hint appreciated.
#!/bin/sh
DIR=/home/
/opt/csw/bin/rsync -azq --delete -e "ssh -i /.ssh/ss" "$DIR" me@myaccount.storage.com:"$DIR"
Have you tried use ${DIR} instead of "$DIR" ?
Why would that make any difference?
Are you sure this is correct? "ssh -i /.ssh/ss"
That implies you are using a directory named .ssh in the root ( / ), not your home directory.
If you are using the standard SSH configuration subdirectory in your home directory, then drop the extra slash (or add a tilde ( ~ ):
"ssh -i .ssh/ss"
Well I was not sure but I assumed that problem is caused by variables. So if only sh would not understand quotation mark this notation could help.
But as I mentioned it was just shot.
ngungo
Try to launch your script with "sh -x" and "ssh -vv". Maybe it will show anything valuable.