23 Jan 2024 software
Without a trailing slash on src:
# Make a copy of src inside of dst [remove extra files in dst/src]
rsync -a src dst [--delete]
With a trailing slash on src:
# Copy the contents of src into dst [remove extra files in dst]
rsync -a src/ dst [--delete]
Notes:
dst doesn’t need to exist, but intermediate directories dodst has no effectSome important flags:
# Equals -rlptgoD (recursive, include symlinks, preserve permissions and timestamps)
-a, --archive
# Compress during transfer, useful when transferring over a network
-z, --compress
# Print each file that is transferred (redundant with --progress), plus a summary
-v, --verbose
# Show the progress of each file transfer
--progress
# Delete extra files from dest dirs - be careful!
--delete
Initial state:
$ tree
.
├── [ 144] bar
│ └── [ 0] buzz
└── [ 144] foo
└── [ 0] fizz
2 directories, 2 files
Without a trailing slash:
$ rsync -a foo bar
$ tree
.
├── [ 144] foo
│ └── [ 0] fizz
└── [ 232] bar
├── [ 0] buzz
└── [ 144] foo
└── [ 0] fizz
3 directories, 3 files
With a trailing slash:
$ rsync -a foo/ bar
$ tree
.
├── [ 144] foo
│ └── [ 0] fizz
└── [ 240] bar
├── [ 0] buzz
└── [ 0] fizz
2 directories, 3 files
With a trailing slash and --delete:
$ rsync -a foo/ bar --delete
$ tree
.
├── [ 144] foo
│ └── [ 0] fizz
└── [ 144] bar
└── [ 0] fizz
2 directories, 2 files