Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook - Third Edition

How it works...

The rsync command works with the source and destination paths, which can be either local or remote. Both paths can be remote paths. Usually, remote connections are made using SSH to provide secure, two-way communication. Local and remote paths look like this:

• /home/user/data (local path)
• user@192.168.0.6:/home/backups/data (remote path)

/home/user/data specifies the absolute path in the machine in which the rsync command is executed. user@192.168.0.6:/home/backups/data specifies that the path is /home/backups/data in the machine whose IP address is 192.168.0.6 and is logged in as the user user.