Comments on: 17 Useful Rsync Command Examples in Linux

By: Paul Inglsmit

Paul Inglsmit — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 14:29:24 +0000

If you want to sync your site on another server do this:
Notice the slash at the end of path
rsync -zarvh -P /var/www/sire.com root@{Remote-Server-IP-Address}:/var/www/

By: Pradeep Kumar

Pradeep Kumar — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 02:39:54 +0000

In reply to Jacob L. Hi Jacob, You are correct when we are dealing with large file or huge file.Rsync with -z option can add CPU overhead.

By: Jacob L

Jacob L — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 16:37:08 +0000

I have used rsync for years and always avoided using -z for copies on the same system.
I have assumed compressing it then uncompressing it would only add CPU overhead since the limiting factors would be the read and write speeds of the disk(-s) involved. Am I missing something?

By: Zoran Miljkovic

Zoran Miljkovic — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 09:56:32 +0000

In reply to Zoran Miljkovic. Found it: -p, --perms preserve the permissions.

By: Zoran Miljkovic

Zoran Miljkovic — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 09:36:47 +0000

Hi, could you explain the use of “p” in “-a equal to following options -rlptgoD”?

By: KRS

KRS — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 08:37:20 +0000

Please be advised that the -z flag for compression only compresses the files during the transfer and then uncompresses them at the destination, so it’s totally unnecessary when using rsync locally or even inside a gigabit network.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 06:13:55 +0000

Thanks, using this article I create a simple script to copy my data from Unraid server to a Synology NAS.

By: Vignesh

Vignesh — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 03:22:03 +0000

I was looking for a way to copy a folder with files worth 155 GB in Linux. This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for taking the time to write this article with detailed examples.

By: Harry

Harry — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:19:00 +0000

very helpful.
thanks