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imported>Huston at 20:33, 21 May 2007

2007-05-21T20:33:53Z

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	== Documentation ==		== Documentation ==
	'man rsync' for more (lots more) details. Also have a look at the rsync homepage, http://rsync.samba.org, especially if you're looking for a binary compiled version to run on a remote machine. Last, there's a rsync tutorial at http://everythinglinux.org/rsync/ which is very informative.		'[[man pages\|man]] rsync' for more (lots more) details. Also have a look at the rsync homepage, http://rsync.samba.org, especially if you're looking for a binary compiled version to run on a remote machine. Last, there's a rsync tutorial at http://everythinglinux.org/rsync/ which is very informative.

	[[Category:Unix Commands]]		[[Category:Unix Commands]]

imported>Huston: Cleanup

2007-05-11T14:56:29Z

Cleanup

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	~~{{inuse\|~~a ~~little while~~ ~~--[[User:Huston\|huston]] 10:50~~, ~~11 May 2007 (EDT)}}~~		rsync is a program that can synchronize files between two locations. It can be used to sync files on local disks, NFS mounted disks, or even over the network via SSH. It is quite powerful in its ability to scan two file trees and copy over only what is necessary to make them equal.
	~~{{oldfaq\|NUM=93}}~~

	~~Need to synchronize files between two places quickly? Use rsync. Also good for copying files from one location to another.~~

	rsync -avue ssh source_machine:/dir dest		== Basic usage ==
			<tt>rsync -avue ssh source_machine:/dir dest</tt>
			: This will synchronize all the files from "source_machine"'s "<tt>/dir</tt>" directory to the local directory "<tt>dest</tt>". Note that this is one way, so if you want to sync files in both directions, you have to repeat the command, swapping the order of source and destination. The '<tt>-e</tt>' option, and corresponding '<tt>ssh</tt>', tells rsync to use ssh to do the transfer.

	~~This will synchronize all the files from "machine"~~'~~s "/dir" directory to the local directory "dest". Note that this is one way, so if you want to sync files in both directions, you have to repeat the command, swapping~~ the ~~order of source and destination. The~~ '-e' ~~option, and corresponding~~ '~~ssh~~'~~, tells rsync to use ssh to do the transfer.~~		'''NOTE:'''
			: The presence or absence of a trailing slash on the directories ''does'' make a difference!

	~~Please note that~~ the ~~presence or absence~~ of ~~a trailing slash on~~ the ~~directories DOES make a difference! For example:~~		<tt>rsync -avue ssh coma:/u/user/WWW .</tt>
			: Create a directory in the current directory named WWW, and copy the contents of the remote dir to the source. It's like copying /u/user/WWW to the current directory.

	rsync -avue ssh coma:/u/user/WWW .		<tt>rsync -avue ssh coma:/u/user/WWW/ .</tt>
			: Copy the '''''contents''''' of /u/user/WWW to the current directory, and not the directory itself! This is important if you're trying to synchronize two file systems that started as a copy of each other, but are now slightly different, as you want to make sure the source and destination are the same as they were in the original copy.

	~~..will create a directory in the current directory named WWW, and copy the contents of the remote dir to the source. It's like copying /u/user/WWW to the current directory. However,~~

	rsync ~~-avue ssh coma~~:/u/~~user~~/~~WWW~~/ .		== Documentation ==
			'man rsync' for more (lots more) details. Also have a look at the rsync homepage, http://rsync.samba.org, especially if you're looking for a binary compiled version to run on a remote machine. Last, there's a rsync tutorial at http://everythinglinux.org/rsync/ which is very informative.

	..will copy the contents of /u/user/WWW to the current directory, and not the directory itself! This is important if you're trying to synchronize two filesystems that started as a copy of each other, but are now slightly different, as you want to make sure the source and destination are the same as they were in the original copy.		[[Category:Unix Commands]]

	~~'man rsync' for more (lots more) details.~~

	~~Also have a look at the rsync homepage~~: ~~http://rsync.samba.org (especially if you're looking for a binary compiled version to run on a remote machine)~~

	~~Lastly, there's a rsync tutorial at http://everythinglinux.org/rsync/ which is very informative.~~

imported>Huston: Tagging inuse

2007-05-11T14:50:23Z

Tagging inuse

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imported>Huston: Rsync moved to rsync: Anticapitalizationism

2007-05-04T21:18:50Z

Rsync moved to rsync: Anticapitalizationism

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imported>Huston: New page: {{oldfaq|NUM=93}} Need to synchronize files between two places quickly? Use rsync. Also good for copying files from one location to another. rsync -avue ssh source_machine:/dir dest Th...

2007-05-02T20:07:30Z

New page: {{oldfaq|NUM=93}} Need to synchronize files between two places quickly? Use rsync. Also good for copying files from one location to another. rsync -avue ssh source_machine:/dir dest Th...

New page

{{oldfaq|NUM=93}}

Need to synchronize files between two places quickly? Use rsync. Also good for copying files from one location to another.

rsync -avue ssh source_machine:/dir dest

This will synchronize all the files from "machine"'s "/dir" directory to the local directory "dest". Note that this is one way, so if you want to sync files in both directions, you have to repeat the command, swapping the order of source and destination. The '-e' option, and corresponding 'ssh', tells rsync to use ssh to do the transfer.

Please note that the presence or absence of a trailing slash on the directories *DOES* make a difference! For example:

rsync -avue ssh coma:/u/user/WWW .

..will create a directory in the current directory named WWW, and copy the contents of the remote dir to the source. It's like copying /u/user/WWW to the current directory. However,

rsync -avue ssh coma:/u/user/WWW/ .

..will copy the *contents* of /u/user/WWW to the current directory, and not the directory itself! This is important if you're trying to synchronize two filesystems that started as a copy of each other, but are now slightly different, as you want to make sure the source and destination are the same as they were in the original copy.

'man rsync' for more (lots more) details.

Also have a look at the rsync homepage: http://rsync.samba.org (especially if you're looking for a binary compiled version to run on a remote machine)

Lastly, there's a rsync tutorial at http://everythinglinux.org/rsync/ which is very informative.