rsync (command)

Reference

rsync(1) - Linux man page

Syntax

Local

rsync [OPTION...] SRC... [DEST]

Access via remote shell

# Pull:

rsync [OPTION...] [USER@]HOST:SRC... [DEST]

# Push:

rsync [OPTION...] SRC... [USER@]HOST:DEST

Access via rsync daemon

Pull:

• rsync [OPTION...] [USER@]HOST::SRC... [DEST]

• rsync [OPTION...] rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/SRC... [DEST]

Push:

• rsync [OPTION...] SRC... [USER@]HOST::DEST

• rsync [OPTION...] SRC... rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/DEST

Rsync Command Options

Option	Long Option	Description
-a	--archive	archive mode; equals -rlptgoD (no -H,-A,-X)
-v	--verbose	increase verbosity
-r	--recursive	recurse into directories
-x	--xattrs	preserve extended attributes
-A	--acls	preserve ACLs (implies -p)
	--stats	give some file-transfer stats
-h	--human-readable	output numbers in a human-readable format
	--progress	show progress during transfer
	--info=progress2
-P		same as --partial --progress
	--partial
-z	--compress	compress file data during the transfer
-b	--backup	With this option, preexisting destination files are renamed as each file is transferred or deleted. You can control where the backup file goes and what (if any) suffix gets appended using the --backup-dir and --suffix options.
	--remove-source-files	This tells rsync to remove from the sending side the files (meaning non-directories) that are a part of the transfer and have been successfully duplicated on the receiving side.