{"id":1721,"date":"2018-03-23T07:49:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T11:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shirishranjit.com\/blog1\/?page_id=1721"},"modified":"2018-03-23T07:54:01","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T11:54:01","slug":"backing-up-your-data-with-rsync-in-mac-and-linux","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shirishranjit.com\/blog1\/technical-posts\/linux-tidbits\/backing-up-your-data-with-rsync-in-mac-and-linux","title":{"rendered":"Backing up your data with rsync in Mac and Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

rsync is a file transfer program capable of efficient remote updatevvia a fast differencing algorithm.<\/p>\n

Simplest way to sync up your directory without overriding the new files in the destination is:
\n
\nrsync -vrupogt temp\/ temp2\/
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

for dry run<\/p>\n

\r\n\r\n- n is dry nun\r\nrsync -vrupogt temp\/ temp2\/\r\n\r\nHere is the description of options:\r\n\r\n-r, --recursive             recurse into directories\r\n-u, --update                skip files that are newer on the receiver\r\n     --inplace               update destination files in-place (SEE MAN PAGE)\r\n     --append                append data onto shorter files\r\n     --append-verify         like --append, but with old data in file checksum\r\n\r\n-p, --perms                 preserve permissions\r\n-o, --owner                 preserve owner (super-user only)\r\n -g, --group                 preserve group\r\n     --devices               preserve device files (super-user only)\r\n     --specials              preserve special files\r\n-t, --times                 preserve modification times\r\n\r\n<\/code>\r\n<\/pre>\n
Here is the doc from rsync man page:<\/p>\n
Usage: rsync [OPTION]… SRC [SRC]… DEST
\n  or   rsync [OPTION]… SRC [SRC]… [USER@]HOST:DEST
\n  or   rsync [OPTION]… SRC [SRC]… [USER@]HOST::DEST
\n  or   rsync [OPTION]… SRC [SRC]… rsync:\/\/[USER@]HOST[:PORT]\/DEST
\n  or   rsync [OPTION]… [USER@]HOST:SRC [DEST]
\n  or   rsync [OPTION]… [USER@]HOST::SRC [DEST]
\n  or   rsync [OPTION]… rsync:\/\/[USER@]HOST[:PORT]\/SRC [DEST]<\/p>\n
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