rsync - Easily Transfer and Synchronize Files Between Computers
rsync is a great utility that can be use for transferring files to and from a remote computer. It can be use to sync files between the computers as well.
rsync can be installed from the package manager on a Debian system:
sudo apt install rsync -y
The basic syntax for rsync is as follows:
rysnc -optional-flags soruce-file-location destination-file-locationrsync have many possible flags to use. Below are a list of the flags according to the official manual:
| Flags | Shorthand |
Description |
| --verbose |
-v |
increase verbosity |
| --quiet | ||
| --no-motd | ||
| --checksum | ||
| --archive | ||
| --no-OPTION | ||
| --recursive | ||
| --relative | ||
| --no-implied-dirs | ||
| --backup | ||
| --backup-dir=DIR | ||
| --suffix=SUFFIX | ||
| --update | ||
| --inplace | ||
| --append | ||
| --append-verify | ||
| --dirs | ||
| --links | ||
| --copy-links | ||
| --copy-unsafe-links | ||
| --safe-links | ||
| --copy-dirlinks | ||
| --keep-dirlinks | ||
| --hard-links | ||
| --perms | ||
| --executability | ||
| --chmod=CHMOD | ||
| --acls | ||
| --xattrs | ||
| --owner | ||
| --group | ||
| --devices | ||
| --specials | ||
| --times | ||
| --omit-dir-times | ||
| --super | ||
| --fake-super | ||
| --dry-run | ||
| --whole-file | ||
| --one-file-system | ||
| --block-size=SIZE | ||
| --rsh=COMMAND | ||
| --rsync-path=PROGRAM | ||
| --existing | ||
| --ignore-existing | ||
| --remove-source-files | ||
| --del | ||
| --delete | ||
| --delete-before | ||
| --delete-during | ||
| --delete-delay | ||
| --delete-after | ||
| --delete-excluded | ||
| --ignore-errors | ||
| --force | ||
| --max-delete=NUM | ||
| --max-size=SIZE | ||
| --min-size=SIZE | ||
| --partial | ||
| --partial-dir=DIR | ||
| --delay-updates | ||
| --prune-empty-dirs | ||
| --numeric-ids | ||
| --timeout=SECONDS | ||
| --contimeout=SECONDS | ||
| --ignore-times | ||
| --size-only | ||
| --modify-window=NUM | ||
| --temp-dir=DIR | ||
| --fuzzy | ||
| --compare-dest=DIR | ||
| --copy-dest=DIR | ||
| --link-dest=DIR | ||
| --compress | ||
| --compress-level=NUM | ||
| --skip-compress=LIST | ||
| --cvs-exclude | ||
| --filter=RULE | ||
| --exclude=PATTERN | ||
| --exclude-from=FILE | ||
| --include=PATTERN | ||
| --include-from=FILE | ||
| --files-from=FILE | ||
| --from0 | ||
| --protect-args | ||
| --address=ADDRESS | ||
| --port=PORT | ||
| --sockopts=OPTIONS | ||
| --blocking-io | ||
| --stats | ||
| --8-bit-output | ||
| --human-readable | ||
| --progress | ||
--itemize-changes |
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--out-format=FORMAT |
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--log-file=FILE |
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--log-file-format=FMT |
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| --password-file=FILE | ||
| --list-only | ||
| --bwlimit=KBPS | ||
| --write-batch=FILE | ||
| --only-write-batch=FILE | ||
| --read-batch=FILE | ||
| --protocol=NUM | ||
| --iconv=CONVERT_SPEC | ||
| --checksum-seed=NUM | ||
| --ipv4 | ||
| --ipv6 | ||
| --version | ||
| --help |