Difference between revisions of "Linux command: rsync"

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* -a – The archive option = -rlptgoD
 
* -a – The archive option = -rlptgoD
** -r – (as mentioned above)
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** -r – (recursive into directories)
    -l – copy symlinks as symlinks
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** -l – copy symlinks as symlinks
    -p – preserve permissions
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** -p – preserve permissions
    -t – preserve modification times
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** -t – preserve modification times
    -g – preserve group
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** -g – preserve group
    -o – preserve owner
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** -o – preserve owner
    -D – preserve device files and special files
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** -D – preserve device files and special files
  
-v – increase verbosity
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* -v – increase verbosity
-z – compress file data during the transfer
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* -z – compress file data during the transfer
-X – preserve extended attributes
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* -X – preserve extended attributes
-A – preserve ACLs (implies -p option)
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* -A – preserve ACLs (implies -p option)
-S – handle sparse files efficiently
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* -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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* --delete – if the file is deleted from the source directory, delete it from the target directory
 
 
 
 
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 />
 
  
 
== Remote backups ==
 
== Remote backups ==

Revision as of 09:35, 3 August 2015

Create local backups

rsync -av --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/