Can I rsync One sided?

I have an old qmail (active) server - no rsync - can't seem to make rsync.

New server FreeBSD 10 almost ready. Is there a way to run rsync from it without the daemon on the other side to bring in the qmail structure?

SSH works.

Most compiles fail - it has FreeBSD 6.2 - been running forever.

Other ideas welcome.
 
Try it: rsync -n -avz user@oldfreebsd6:/mail/ /tmp/mailtest/.

Additional flags might be needed. rsync does not preserve hard links by default, and you may need -axHAX or more. rsync does not copy FreeBSD file flags, either, unless net/rsync is installed with the FLAGS or RENFL options are enabled.
 
mrmarria said:
Is there a way to run rsync from it without the daemon on the other side to bring in the qmail structure?
There's no need to run the daemon. You can use rsync(1) to copy files from one server to another without the daemon.
 
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