Remember to be careful with rSync - it's a synchronisation command and can overwrite files. example: I have 2 directories: /: directory1: |\_>file1 directory2: |\_> file1 |\_> file2 If I run `rsync directory1 directory2`, then file2 would be removed, and file1 would be synced.
**-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------** #### rSync command syntax rsync \[option\] \[[user@host](mailto:user@host)\] **Basic local file transfer** ``` rsync /sourcefile /destinationfile ``` **Basic remote file transfer:** ``` rsync /sourcefile user@IP_IP_IP_IP:destination/location/on/remote/server ``` **rSync Tunelling (secure rsync over SSH)** ``` rsync -e ssh /sourcefile user@IP_IP_IP_IP:destination/location/on/remote/server ``` ##### **flags:**| -a | archive |
| -z | gzip compression |
| -u | skip existing files at destination |
| -r | recursive |
| -P | show progress of transfer |
| --exclude= | specify files to ignore (ie "\*.log") (needs to be paired with --include). Appended to command prior to source file specification. |
| --include= | (only needed if using --exclude) If you're excluding files from an rsync transfer, you'll need to add --include="\*". Appended to command prior to source file specification. |
| --dry-run | Test run of rSync to display the changes that would be made. No file synchronisation is performed with this option enabled. Appended to end of command. |