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website: https://rsync.samba.org
arch-wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Rsync
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repo: https://github.com/WayneD/rsync
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# rsync
Rsync is an open-source tool that is used for synchronizing and transferring files between two locations. It is widely used by system administrators and developers for efficient and reliable file transfer.
## Usage
To use rsync:
```shell
rsync [options] source destination
```
Either `source` or `destination` can be a local folder or a remote path (`user@host:path`)
## Options
| option | description |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| --quiet, -q | suppress non-error messages |
| --archive, -a | archive mode |
| --recursive, -r | recurse into directories |
| --update, -u | skip files that are newer on the receiver |
| --append | append data onto shorter files |
| --verbose, -v | increase verbosity |
| --links, -l | copy symlinks as symlinks |
| --perms, -p | preserve permissions |
| --chmod=CHMOD | affect file and/or directory permissions |
| --owner, -o | preserve owner (super-user only) |
| --group, -g | preserve group |
| --dry-run, -n | perform a trial run with no changes made |
| --one-file-system, -x | don't cross filesystem boundaries |
| --rsh=COMMAND, -e | specify the remote shell to use |
| --delete | delete extraneous files from dest dirs |
| --remove-source-files | sender removes synchronized files (non-dir) |
| --compress, -z | compress file data during the transfer |
| --exclude=PATTERN | exclude files matching PATTERN |
| --exclude-from=FILE | read exclude patterns from FILE |
| --stats | give some file-transfer stats |
| --progress | show progress during transfer |
| --human-readable, -h | output numbers in a human-readable format |
| --log-file=FILE | log what we're doing to the specified FILE |
| --partial | keep partially transferred files |
| -P | same as --partial --progress |
