I have a target and host setup with Linux as the OS on both.
I have a root file system(RFS) in my target. I have a setup in which my RFS is in development state so it will undergo changes on the fly. My requirement is that, every time I make a change, I need to sync my current RFS to my target RFS.
One of my colleague suggested that I can use rsync to attain my task.
Please shed your valuable suggestions on this idea.
All other ideas are also welcomed.
What kind of access do you have to the target? If you can ssh into it, it's just
rsync -au "$RFS" target:/ Note that you'll need an rsync executable on the target as well.
You'll want to set up some kind of passwordless authentication. I guess during development you would just allow root so ssh in, and put a public key for root in place. If the ssh server on the target is OpenSSH, then you need PermitRootLogin Yes in /etc/sshd_config (or /etc/ssh/sshd_config or something), and the root public key would be in /root/.ssh/authorized_keys or /.ssh/authorized_keys depending on where root's home directory is set in /etc/password.
If you changed the bootloader, and perhaps if you changed the kernel, you'll also need to run the bootloader update utility.
