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== Create local backups ==
 
== Create local backups ==
  rsync -av --delete /Origen/ /Destino/
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  rsync -avzXAS --delete /Origen/ /Destino/
 
The code above will synchronize the contents of Directory1 to Directory2, and leave no differences between the two. <br />
 
The code above will synchronize the contents of Directory1 to Directory2, and leave no differences between the two. <br />
 
If rsync finds that Directory2 has a file that Directory1 does not, it will delete it. <br />
 
If rsync finds that Directory2 has a file that Directory1 does not, it will delete it. <br />
 
If rsync finds a file that has been changed, created, or deleted in Directory1, it will reflect those same changes to Directory2.
 
If rsync finds a file that has been changed, created, or deleted in Directory1, it will reflect those same changes to Directory2.
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* -a – The archive option = -rlptgoD
 
* -a – The archive option = -rlptgoD
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** -o – preserve owner
 
** -o – preserve owner
 
** -D – preserve device files and special files
 
** -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

Revision as of 09:38, 3 August 2015

Create local backups

rsync -avzXAS --delete /Origen/ /Destino/

The code above will synchronize the contents of Directory1 to Directory2, and leave no differences between the two.
If rsync finds that Directory2 has a file that Directory1 does not, it will delete it.
If rsync finds a file that has been changed, created, or deleted in Directory1, it will reflect those same changes to Directory2.


  • -a – The archive option = -rlptgoD
    • -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
  • -z – compress file data during the transfer
  • -X – preserve extended attributes
  • -A – preserve ACLs (implies -p option)
  • -S – handle sparse files efficiently
  • --delete – if the file is deleted from the source directory, delete it from the target directory

Remote backups

rsync -av –delete -e ssh /Origen/ user@192.168.11.21:/Destino/

or with password and port settings:

rsync -av –delete -e 'ssh -p 12345' /Origen/ user@192.168.235.137:/Destino/