Rsync Essentials

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rsync -aHxvK --delete --stats /path/to/source/dir/ /path/to/destination/dir

  • -a, –archive
    Equivelent of -rlptgoD (no -H,-A,-X)
  • -H, –hard-links
    Preserve hard links
  • -x, –xattrs
    Preserve extended attributes
  • -v, –verbose
  • -K, –keep-dirlinks
    Treat symlinked dir on receiver as dir
  • –delete
    Wil delete files from the destintion that no longer exist in the source.
  • –stats
    Provides some file-transfer stats
  • –log-file=/home/user/rsync.log
    Save a log file to /home/user/rsync.log

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