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rsync
rsync is a great tool for backing
up and restoring files. I'll use some example to explain on how it works:
"comentum" is an example directory
"test.txt" is an example file
"design.comentum.com" is an example of remote host
"bob" is an example user
"/home/bob/" is an example of directories (usually linux user's home page)
"/Users/backup/" is an example of backup directories (usually OS X user's home page)
To copy a file from a remote computer to the computer you are working on type:
rsync bob@design.comentum.com:/home/bob/test.txt /Users/backup/
Or to copy the whole directory "comentum":
rsync -r bob@design.comentum.com:/home/bob/comentum /Users/backup/comentum
To copy the above process in reverse, just reverse the above line for example the below will copy the folder comentum to the computer at: design.comentum.com and the folder: /home/bob/comentum
rsync -r /Users/backup/comentum bob@design.comentum.com:/home/bob/comentum
Here is a summary of the few usable options:
Use the options like these examples:
rsync -rv
rsync -arv
rsync -arvz
r = recursive - means it copies directories and sub directories
v = verbose - means that it prints on the screen what is being copied
a = archive - means that symbolic links, devices, attributes, permissions, ownerships, etc. are preserved in the transfer
z = compress - compress file data
More Examples:
# rsync -r /CustomersArt/ /Volumes/Backup/CustomersArt/
The above example will copy the content of CustomersArt to /Volumes/Backup/CustomersArt/
# rsync -r /CustomersArt /Volumes/Backup/CustomersArt
The above example will copy the folder CustomersArt and its content to /Volumes/Backup/CustomersArt (it will create the folder: CustomersArt).
When using "/" at the end of source, rsync will copy the content of the last folder.
When not using "/" at the end of source, rsync will copy the last folder and the content of the folder.
When using "/" at the end of destination, rsync will paste the data inside the last folder.
When not using "/" at the end of destination, rsync will create
a folder with the last destination folder name and paste the
data inside that folder.
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