Rsync Command in Linux

rsync options source destination

1. -v : verbose
2. -r : copies data recursively (but don’t preserve timestamps and permission while transferring data
3. -a : archive mode, archive mode allows copying files recursively and it also preserves symbolic links, file permissions, user & group ownerships and timestamps
4. -z : compress file data
5. -h : human-readable, output numbers in a human-readable format

Copy/Sync Files and Directory Locally

rsync -zvh backup.tar /tmp/backups/

rsync -avzh /root/rpmpkgs /tmp/backups/

Copy a Directory from Local Server to a Remote Server

rsync -avz rpmpkgs/ root@192.168.0.101:/home/

rsync -avzh root@192.168.0.100:/home/tarunika/rpmpkgs /tmp/myrpms

Rsync Over SSH

rsync -avzhe ssh root@192.168.0.100:/root/install.log /tmp/

rsync -avzhe ssh backup.tar root@192.168.0.100:/backups/

Show Progress While Transferring Data with rsync

rsync -avzhe ssh --progress /home/rpmpkgs root@192.168.0.100:/root/rpmpkgs

Automatically Delete source Files after successful Transfer

rsync --remove-source-files -zvh backup.tar /tmp/backups/