Rsync local and remote examples

Shell

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5 mo. ago

Learn how to sync files between drives or remote systems using rsync.

backup

file sync

rsync

Local

rsync-local.sh

rsync -av --progress --delete-before --exclude-from="exclude-list.txt" /path/to/HDD1 /path/to/HDD2

Remote

rsync-remote.sh

rsync -av --progress --delete-before --exclude-from="exclude-list.txt" /path/to/HDD1 user@remote:/path/to/HDD2

Exclude list

exclude-list.txt

.DS_Store
.DS_Store?
._*
.Spotlight-V100
.Trashes
ehthumbs.db
Thumbs.db
desktop.ini