cheatsheets/rsync.md

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rsync --progress -avz --exclude '.Trashes' --exclude '.Spotlight-V100' --exclude '.fseventsd'

Options

Transfer:

-z, --compress
-n, --dry-run

Display:

-q, --quiet
-v, --verbose
-h, --human-readable
    --progress

-u, --update     # skip files newer on dest
-c, --checksum   # skip based on checksum, not mod-time & size

Backups:

-b, --backup           # backup with suffix
    --suffix=SUFFIX    # default ~ without --backup-dir

    --backup-dir=DIR

Include:

--exclude=PATTERN
--exclude-from=FILE

--include=PATTERN
--include-from=FILE

--files-from=FILE    # read list of filenames from FILe

Archive:

-a, --archive    # archive (-rlptgoD)

-r, --recursive
-l, --links      # copy symlinks as links
-p, --perms      # preserve permissions
-t, --times      # preserve times
-g, --group      # preserve group
-o, --owner      # preserve owner
-D               # --devices --specials

--delete         # Delete extra files