Re: dsync “destination” argument

[Sami Ketola]

> On 16. May 2020, at 3.46, Felipe Gasper <felipe at felipegasper.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> 	Some code that I didn’t write but am maintaining passes a local script’s path as dsync’s “destination” argument, like so:
> 
> dsync -D -u john -v backup -R -1 "/code/dsync_client.pl" 127.0.0.1 john at mydomain.org
> 
> 	dsync_client.pl establishes a TCP connection with a remote dsync process then acts as a proxy between the two dsync processes. “127.0.0.1” and “john at mydomain.org” are given as arguments to dsync_client.pl.
> 
> 	I don’t see this usage described in dsync’s man page. I just want to be sure: is this a supported use of dsync?
> 
> 	Thank you!


Is there any reason why you are doing it this way and not using it the way it is usually used? backup does not support -1 btw.

doveadm backup -u john -R ssh sshuser at remote "sudo /usr/bin/doveadm dsync-server -u john"

Sami