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
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
say we have two folders:
rsync -haviP foldera folderb
will create
rsync -haviP foldera/ folderb
will result in
rsync -haviP foldera/ folderb/
produces the same results
rsync -haviP –delete foldera/ folderb
will result in
rsync -haviP foldera/* folderb
will result in
without the hidden files
| 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 |
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/*
https://superuser.com/questions/109780/how-to-speed-up-rsync-between-two-local-disks http://www.staroceans.org/e-book/understanding-the-output-of-rsync-itemize-changes.html