rsync is a replacement for [[rcp]] (and [[scp]]) that has many more features.

h2. Useful Rsync commands

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v, –verbose increase verbosity

-q, –quiet decrease verbosity

-c, –checksum always checksum

-a, –archive archive mode, equivalent to -rlptgoD

-r, –recursive recurse into directories

-R, –relative use relative path names

-b, –backup make backups (default ~ suffix)

–backup-dir make backups into this directory

–suffix=SUFFIX override backup suffix

-u, –update update only (don’t overwrite newer files)

-l, –links copy symlinks as symlinks

-L, –copy-links copy the referent of symlinks

–copy-unsafe-links copy links outside the source tree

–safe-links ignore links outside the destination tree

-H, –hard-links preserve hard links

-p, –perms preserve permissions

-o, –owner preserve owner (root only)

-g, –group preserve group

-D, –devices preserve devices (root only)

-t, –times preserve times

-S, –sparse handle sparse files efficiently

-n, –dry-run show what would have been transferred

-W, –whole-file copy whole files, no incremental checks

–no-whole-file turn off –whole-file

-x, –one-file-system don’t cross filesystem boundaries

-B, –block-size=SIZE checksum blocking size (default 700)

-e, –rsh=COMMAND specify the remote shell

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h3. Article Sources

* "eukhost":http://blog.eukhost.com/2006/12/06/helpful-command-rsync/ "Article Source":http://blog.eukhost.com/2006/12/06/helpful-command-rsync/

rsync is a replacement for [[rcp]] (and [[scp]]) that has many more features.

Useful Rsync commands

v, –verbose increase verbosity

-q, –quiet decrease verbosity

-c, –checksum always checksum

-a, –archive archive mode, equivalent to -rlptgoD

-r, –recursive recurse into directories

-R, –relative use relative path names

-b, –backup make backups (default ~ suffix)

–backup-dir make backups into this directory

–suffix=SUFFIX override backup suffix

-u, –update update only (don’t overwrite newer files)

-l, –links copy symlinks as symlinks

-L, –copy-links copy the referent of symlinks

–copy-unsafe-links copy links outside the source tree

–safe-links ignore links outside the destination tree

-H, –hard-links preserve hard links

-p, –perms preserve permissions

-o, –owner preserve owner (root only)

-g, –group preserve group

-D, –devices preserve devices (root only)

-t, –times preserve times

-S, –sparse handle sparse files efficiently

-n, –dry-run show what would have been transferred

-W, –whole-file copy whole files, no incremental checks

–no-whole-file turn off –whole-file

-x, –one-file-system don’t cross filesystem boundaries

-B, –block-size=SIZE checksum blocking size (default 700)

-e, –rsh=COMMAND specify the remote shell

"Article Source":http://blog.eukhost.com/2006/12/06/helpful-command-rsync/

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