rsync

command filesystem

Fast, versatile file synchronization and transfer

Required Packages

sudo apt install -y rsync

Options

Source *

Local path or [user@]host:path

Destination *

Local path or [user@]host:path

Archive mode (-a) Archive mode (-a)

Preserves permissions, ownership, timestamps, symlinks

Verbose (-v) Verbose (-v)

Compress during transfer (-z) Compress during transfer (-z)

Delete extraneous files from dest (--delete) Delete extraneous files from dest (--delete)

Makes dest an exact mirror of source

Dry run (-n) Dry run (-n)

Show what would be transferred without actually doing it

Show progress (--progress) Show progress (--progress)

Keep partial transfers (--partial) Keep partial transfers (--partial)

Resume interrupted transfers instead of restarting

Checksum-based sync (-c) Checksum-based sync (-c)

Use checksum instead of timestamp to detect changes

Bandwidth limit (--bwlimit)

KB/s (e.g. 1000 = 1MB/s)

Remote shell (-e)

e.g. 'ssh -p 2222' for custom SSH port

Exclude pattern (--exclude)

Glob pattern to exclude (e.g. '*.log')

rsync -a -v