Rsync Quickref
quick recipes
Local
rsync -haviP --inplace --delete-before --no-compress /storage/nas/photos /media/danaukes/extreme-ssd/
rsync -haviP --inplace --delete-before --no-compress --exclude-from="/home/danaukes/code/code_scripts/rsync_ignore.txt" --delete-excluded "/home/danaukes" "/media/danaukes/extreme-ssd/zenbook-backup/" | tee -a ~/backup.txt
Remote
rsync -zhaviP --delete-before --exclude-from="/home/danaukes/code/code_scripts/rsync_ignore.txt" --delete-excluded /home/danaukes/ storage:/storage/nas/zenbook-backup/danaukes | tee -a ~/backup.txt
Folder help
say we have two folders:
mkdir foldera folderb
touch foldera/a.txt
touch foldera/b.txt
touch foldera/.e.txt
touch folderb/c.txt
touch folderb/d.txt
this produces
- foldera
- a.txt
- b.txt
- .e.txt
- folderb
- c.txt
- d.txt
then
rsync -haviP foldera folderb
will create
- folderb
- c.txt
- d.txt
- foldera
- a.txt
- b.txt
- .e.txt
however,
rsync -haviP foldera/ folderb
will result in
- foldera
- a.txt
- b.txt
- c.txt
- d.txt
- .e.txt
and
rsync -haviP foldera/ folderb/
produces the same results
rsync -haviP --delete foldera/ folderb
will result in
- foldera
- a.txt
- b.txt
- .e.txt
rsync -haviP foldera/* folderb
will result in
- foldera
- a.txt
- b.txt
- c.txt
- d.txt
without the hidden files
Arguments
| option | detail |
|---|---|
| -h | human-readable file sizes |
| -z | compress file data during the transfer |
| -i | output a change-summary for all updates |
| --inplace | don't make a copy of the file and rename on completion, just write to the file (good for local copies, within the computer) |
| -P | show progress |
| --no-compress | don't use compression during transfer at all |
| -c | use checksum |
| --exclude-from="filename.txt" | list of files to ignore |
| --delete-excluded | also delete excluded files from dest dirs |
| --dry-run or -n | dry run option |
Exclude file
an example for my home backup
I exclude
git repositories .config directories I don't care about.
- anaconda/*
- code/*
- code_external/*
- meeting_notes/*
- miniconda3/*
- notes/*
- papers/*
- projects/*
- proposals/*
- repositories/*
- snap/*
- websites/*
- .arduino15/*
- .audacity-data/*
- .bundle/*
- .cache/*
- .fontconfig/*
- .local/share/Trash*
- .local/share/icons/*
- .var/*
- .zoom/*
- .config/pulse/*
- .config/libreoffice/*
- .config/spyder-py3/*
- .config/systemd/*
- .googleearth/*
- .local/share/mendeleydesktop
- .mcc/*