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| | 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 |
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| | + | **-r – (as mentioned above) |
| | + | -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 |
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| | + | -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 |
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| | 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 /> | | 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 /> |