Rsync

From Luke Jackson

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Revision as of 21:40, 30 September 2007

Usage

rysnc <options> <source> <dest>

Options

Here is a short summary of the options available in rsync. Please refer to the detailed description below for a complete description.

        -v, --verbose               increase verbosity
        -q, --quiet                 decrease verbosity
        -c, --checksum              always checksum
        -a, --archive               archive mode, equivalent to -rlptgoD
        -r, --recursive             recurse into directories
        -R, --relative              use relative path names
            --no-relative           turn off --relative
            --no-implied-dirs       don’t send implied dirs with -R
        -b, --backup                make backups (see --suffix & --backup-dir)
            --backup-dir            make backups into this directory
            --suffix=SUFFIX         backup suffix (default ~ w/o --backup-dir)
        -u, --update                update only (don’t overwrite newer files)
            --inplace               update the destination files inplace
        -K, --keep-dirlinks         treat symlinked dir on receiver as dir
        -l, --links                 copy symlinks as symlinks
        -L, --copy-links            copy the referent of all symlinks
            --copy-unsafe-links     copy the referent of "unsafe" symlinks
            --safe-links            ignore "unsafe" symlinks
        -H, --hard-links            preserve hard links
        -p, --perms                 preserve permissions
        -o, --owner                 preserve owner (root only)
        -g, --group                 preserve group
        -D, --devices               preserve devices (root only)
        -t, --times                 preserve times
        -S, --sparse                handle sparse files efficiently
        -n, --dry-run               show what would have been transferred
        -W, --whole-file            copy whole files, no incremental checks
            --no-whole-file         turn off --whole-file
        -x, --one-file-system       don’t cross filesystem boundaries
        -B, --block-size=SIZE       force a fixed checksum block-size
        -e, --rsh=COMMAND           specify the remote shell
            --rsync-path=PATH       specify path to rsync on the remote machine
            --existing              only update files that already exist
            --ignore-existing       ignore files that already exist on receiver
            --delete                delete files that don’t exist on sender
            --delete-excluded       also delete excluded files on receiver
            --delete-after          receiver deletes after transfer, not before
            --ignore-errors         delete even if there are I/O errors
            --max-delete=NUM        don’t delete more than NUM files
            --partial               keep partially transferred files
            --partial-dir=DIR       put a partially transferred file into DIR
            --force                 force deletion of dirs even if not empty
            --numeric-ids           don’t map uid/gid values by user/group name
            --timeout=TIME          set I/O timeout in seconds
        -I, --ignore-times          turn off mod time & file size quick check
            --size-only             ignore mod time for quick check (use size)
            --modify-window=NUM     compare mod times with reduced accuracy
        -T  --temp-dir=DIR          create temporary files in directory DIR
            --compare-dest=DIR      also compare received files relative to DIR
            --link-dest=DIR         create hardlinks to DIR for unchanged files
        -P                          equivalent to --partial --progress
        -z, --compress              compress file data
        -C, --cvs-exclude           auto ignore files in the same way CVS does
            --exclude=PATTERN       exclude files matching PATTERN
            --exclude-from=FILE     exclude patterns listed in FILE
            --include=PATTERN       don’t exclude files matching PATTERN
            --include-from=FILE     don’t exclude patterns listed in FILE
            --files-from=FILE       read FILE for list of source-file names
        -0  --from0                 all file lists are delimited by nulls
            --version               print version number
            --daemon                run as an rsync daemon
            --no-detach             do not detach from the parent
            --address=ADDRESS       bind to the specified address
            --config=FILE           specify alternate rsyncd.conf file
            --port=PORT             specify alternate rsyncd port number
            --blocking-io           use blocking I/O for the remote shell
            --no-blocking-io        turn off --blocking-io
            --stats                 give some file transfer stats
            --progress              show progress during transfer
            --log-format=FORMAT     log file transfers using specified format
            --password-file=FILE    get password from FILE
            --bwlimit=KBPS          limit I/O bandwidth, KBytes per second
            --write-batch=FILE      write a batch to FILE
            --read-batch=FILE       read a batch from FILE
            --checksum-seed=NUM     set block/file checksum seed
        -4  --ipv4                  prefer IPv4
        -6  --ipv6                  prefer IPv6
        -h, --help                  show this help screen

Examples

Echo all files from source location to target.

• Recursively sync files.
• Preserve Permissions.
• Preserve Owner.
• Preserve Group.
• Copy Whole File don't check for file updates.
• Delete all files that no longer exist on source.
• Ignore Existing files on target.
• Exclude specified folders.

rsync -vrpogW --ignore-existing --delete --exclude "System Volume Information" --exclude "RECYCLER" /SOURCE_MP3/ /TARGET_MP3