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ah looks promising. do i literally type the to-output-to or is this replaced by the number of my current pts?

mulllhausen
– mulllhausen

2011-06-10 04:19:07 +00:00
Commented Jun 10, 2011 at 4:19
It's replaced by the number of the pts you want.

John Flatness
– John Flatness

2011-06-10 05:26:00 +00:00
Commented Jun 10, 2011 at 5:26
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well i tried it but it doesn't work for me. when i quit i do not see the output from rsync.

mulllhausen
– mulllhausen

2011-06-10 06:11:21 +00:00
Commented Jun 10, 2011 at 6:11
You sir, have saved a lot of trouble with this answer. Thank you.

ulidtko
– ulidtko

2017-01-03 14:25:46 +00:00
Commented Jan 3, 2017 at 14:25

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