RSYNC - Transfer

Topic:

1. Parameters
2. To Remote Device
3. To Local Device
4. Delete non-exists directory
5. Delete non-exists sources

Parameter

• -r: recursive sync
• -a: -r recursive sync with permission, date, user, group and etc.

Options:

• P: overview transfer progress and transferring partial
• v: verbose
• --force: force deletion of dirs even if not empty
• --delete: delete extraneous files from destination dirs
• --exclude=: exclude files to sync

to Remote device

1. sync entire directory to remote device

   rsync -a <directory> <username>@<hostname>:<remote_path>
   

2. sync files in directory to remote device (with backslash /)

   rsync -a <directory>/ <username>@<hostname>:<remote_path>
   

to Local device

Similar as to Remote device, swap the position of path between local and remote directory.

1. sync entire directory to local device

   rsync -a <username>@<hostname>:<remote_path> <directory>
   

2. sync files in directory to local device (with backslash /)

   rsync -a  <username>@<hostname>:<remote_path>/ <directory>
   

Overview transfer information

1. Overview transferring partial and progress from local to remote device

   rsync -avP <directory>/ <username>@<hostname>:<remote_path>
   

Delete source device non-exists directory on target device

1. Sync non-exists directory from local on remote device

   rsync -a --force <directory>/ <username>@<hostname>:<remote_path>
   

Delete source device non-exists sources on target device

1. Sync all the sources from source (ex. Local) device to target (ex. Remote) device

   rsync -a --delete <directory>/ <username>@<hostname>:<remote_path>