Difference between revisions of "Rsync"

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Copy a folder ''.VirtualBox'' to /root:
 
Copy a folder ''.VirtualBox'' to /root:
 
  rsync -avv --stats --progress --partial .VirtualBox/ /root/.VirtualBox
 
  rsync -avv --stats --progress --partial .VirtualBox/ /root/.VirtualBox
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= See also =
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* [http://linux.die.net/man/1/rsync rsync's man page]
  
 
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Revision as of 12:07, 15 January 2012

Rsync helps you to keep two folders in sync. This is possible over the network or local.

over the network

The following command sends the directory /srv/www/htdocs over to server:

rsync -avv --stats --progress --partial /srv/www/htdocs server:/srv/www/htdocs

locally

Copy a folder .VirtualBox to /root:

rsync -avv --stats --progress --partial .VirtualBox/ /root/.VirtualBox

See also