Common Usage
Introduction
Besides for standard sync and backup, use rsync to,
- Copy over network and measure speed.
- Copy and resume large directory backups
Backup and Syc
Most used to perform normal backup and shows,
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rsync --recursive --delete --sparse --compress --verbose --itemize-changes --human-readable --progress /home/tempadmin/tmp/source /home/tempadmin/tmp/destination |
On desktop machines consider using with a keep alive,
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caffeinate rsync [...] |
Straight Copy
Simple straight copy and can be used to resume (still need to modify for resume),
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rsync --archive --sparse --compress --verbose --itemize-changes --human-readable --progress /home/tempadmin/tmp/source /home/tempadmin/tmp/destination |
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