Archive for the ‘rsync’ Category

June 4, 2012 0

using rsync for backup

By in rsync

use rsync to backup content and ensure that files deleted on source is not deleted on destination but copied to backup directory example rsync –verbose –progress –stats –compress –recursive –times –perms –links –delete –backup –backup-dir=../backup\ of\ deleted\ content/ –exclude=backup-dir/ rsync\ source/ rsync\ dest/current\ nas\ content/ The –exclude=backup-dir/ is properly not needed   If you are […]

May 23, 2012 0

using rsync to copy files

By in linux, rsync

rsync options to get rsync to report progress: –verbose –progress –stats if copying over network use compression and secure transfer: –compress –rsh=/usr/bin/ssh tell rsync to copy recursively: –recursive keep file timestampts: –times keep permissions: –perms copy symbolic links: –links instruct rsync to delete files on the remote location that isn’t present on the source: –delete […]

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