Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook - Third Edition

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1. To copy a source directory to a destination, use the following command:

        $ rsync -av source_path destination_path

Consider this example:

        $ rsync -av /home/slynux/data 
        slynux@192.168.0.6:/home/backups/data

In the preceding command:

• -a stands for archiving
• -v (verbose) prints the details or progress on stdout

The preceding command will recursively copy all the files from the source path to the destination path. The source and destination paths can be either remote or local.

2. To backup data to a remote server or host, use the following command:

        $ rsync -av source_dir username@host:PATH

To keep a mirror at the destination, run the same rsync command at regular intervals. It will copy only changed files to the destination. ...