Site synchronization with aliases

Question

I configured the site aliases for the development, and staging sites. I have the <DRUPAL_HOME>/sites/default/aliases.drushrc.php aliases file with this content:

$aliases['dev'] = array(
  'root' => '/home/drupaltest',
  'uri' => 'localhost',
  'path-aliases' => array('%dump' => '/home/drupaltest/dump.sql')
);

$aliases['stage'] = array(
  'root' => '/home/drupaltest',
  'uri' => 'naftalin',
);


$aliases['all-scratch'] = array(
  'site-list' => array('@dev', '@stage'),
);

drush @dev status outputs:

hubidubi@couscous:/home/drupaltest$ drush @dev status Drupal version : 6.25
Site URI : localhost
Database driver : mysqli
Database hostname : localhost
Database username : root
Database name : drupaltest
Database : Connected
Drupal bootstrap : Successful
Drupal user : Anonymous
Default theme : garland
Administration theme : garland
PHP configuration : /etc/php5/cli/php.ini
Drush version : 4.4
Drush configuration :
Drush alias files : /home/drupaltest/sites/default/aliases.drushrc.php Drupal root : /home/drupaltest
Site path : sites/default
File directory path : sites/default/files

Then I tried to run drush rsync @dev @stage command to sync dev site to stage and I get:

Could not evaluate source path @dev.

I can't figure out the problem; I think the alias file is correct.

Do you have any idea?

Answer 1

The drush rsync command does not bootstrap your site, so it cannot find your alias files. Move your alias files to a global location (e.g. $HOME/.drush).

Also, since @dev and @stage are multisites with the same document root, it does not make any sense to rsync from one to the other, because they share the same files. You might want to drush rsync @stage:%files @dev:%files.