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Written by CJB
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Friday, 07 December 2007 12:06 |
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...not really but it's a really powerful file back up and sync tool lurking under the hood in OSX and most Linux systems.
here's a simple command line to backup and subsequently (going forward) one folder to another
$ rsync -vrup /path_to_folder_source /destination_path_to_folder_backup
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// insert your own source and destinations paths
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Other functions
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$ man rsync
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-v, --verbose increase verbosity
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-q, --quiet decrease verbosity
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-c, --checksum always checksum
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-a, --archive archive mode, equivalent to -rlptgoD
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-r, --recursive recurse into directories
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-R, --relative use relative path names
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--no-relative turn off --relative
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--no-implied-dirs don't send implied dirs with -R
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-b, --backup make backups (see --suffix & --backup-dir)
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--backup-dir make backups into this directory
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--suffix=SUFFIX backup suffix (default ~ w/o --backup-dir)
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-u, --update update only (don't overwrite newer files)
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--inplace update the destination files inplace
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-K, --keep-dirlinks treat symlinked dir on receiver as dir
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-l, --links copy symlinks as symlinks
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-L, --copy-links copy the referent of all symlinks
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--copy-unsafe-links copy the referent of "unsafe" symlinks
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--safe-links ignore "unsafe" symlinks
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-H, --hard-links preserve hard links
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-p, --perms preserve permissions
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Last Updated on Monday, 04 August 2008 12:06 |
