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Line 6: − + − -l – copy symlinks as symlinks+ − -p – preserve permissions+ − -t – preserve modification times+ − -g – preserve group+ − -o – preserve owner+ − -D – preserve device files and special files+ − + − + − + − + − + − + − − − 1. -a = recurse into directories, links (copy symlinks as symlinks), perms (preserve permissions), times (preserve modification times), group (preserve group), owner (preserve owner), preserve device files, and preserve special files.<br /> − 2. -v = verbose. You can see exactly what rsync is backing up. backups.<br /> − 3. –delete = This tells rsync to delete any files that are in Directory2 that aren’t in Directory1.<br />
→Create local backups
* -a – The archive option = -rlptgoD
* -a – The archive option = -rlptgoD
** -r – (as mentioned above)
** -r – (recursive into directories)
** -l – copy symlinks as symlinks
** -p – preserve permissions
** -t – preserve modification times
** -g – preserve group
** -o – preserve owner
** -D – preserve device files and special files
-v – increase verbosity
* -v – increase verbosity
-z – compress file data during the transfer
* -z – compress file data during the transfer
-X – preserve extended attributes
* -X – preserve extended attributes
-A – preserve ACLs (implies -p option)
* -A – preserve ACLs (implies -p option)
-S – handle sparse files efficiently
* -S – handle sparse files efficiently
--delete – if the file is deleted from the source directory, delete it from the target directory
* --delete – if the file is deleted from the source directory, delete it from the target directory
== Remote backups ==
== Remote backups ==