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 Flags Reference
rsync 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 | -q | |
| --no-motd | ||
| --checksum | -c | |
| --archive | -a | |
| --no-OPTION | ||
| --recursive | -r | |
| --relative | -R | |
| --no-implied-dirs | ||
| --backup | -b | |
| --backup-dir=DIR | ||
| --suffix=SUFFIX | ||
| --update | -u | |
| --inplace | ||
| --append | ||
| --append-verify | ||
| --dirs | -d | |
| --links | -l | |
| --copy-links | -L | |
| --copy-unsafe-links | ||
| --safe-links | ||
| --copy-dirlinks | -k | |
| --keep-dirlinks | -K | |
| --hard-links | -H | |
| --perms | -p | |
| --executability | -E | |
| --chmod=CHMOD | ||
| --acls | -A | |
| --xattrs | -X | |
| --owner | -o | |
| --group | -g | |
| --devices | ||
| --specials | ||
| -D | ||
| --times | -t | |
| --omit-dir-times | -O | |
| --super | ||
| --fake-super | ||
| --sparse | -S | |
| --dry-run | -n | |
| --whole-file | -W | |
| --one-file-system | -x | |
| --block-size=SIZE | -B | |
| --rsh=COMMAND | -e |
|
| --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 | -m |
|
| --numeric-ids | ||
| --timeout=SECONDS | ||
| --contimeout=SECONDS | ||
| --ignore-times | -I |
|
| --size-only | ||
| --modify-window=NUM | ||
| --temp-dir=DIR | -T |
|
| --fuzzy | -y |
|
| --compare-dest=DIR | ||
| --copy-dest=DIR | ||
| --link-dest=DIR | ||
| --compress | -z |
|
| --compress-level=NUM | ||
| --skip-compress=LIST | ||
| --cvs-exclude | -C |
|
| --filter=RULE | -f |
|
-F |
||
| --exclude=PATTERN | ||
| --exclude-from=FILE | ||
| --include=PATTERN | ||
| --include-from=FILE | ||
| --files-from=FILE | ||
| --from0 | -0 |
|
| --protect-args | -s |
|
| --address=ADDRESS | ||
| --port=PORT | ||
| --sockopts=OPTIONS | ||
| --blocking-io | ||
| --stats | ||
| --8-bit-output | -8 |
|
| --human-readable | -h |
|
| --progress | ||
-P |
||
| --itemize-changes | -i |
|
| --out-format=FORMAT | ||
| --log-file=FILE | ||
| --log-file-format=FMT | ||
| --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 | -4 |
|
| --ipv6 | -6 |
|
| --version | ||
| --help | (-h) |