evershalik / rsync-files

rsync-files

For within the system/server:

mkdir new_directory && rsync -av --exclude=new_directory ./ ./new_directory/

Note: Next time, this command will only copy the changed files

For sharing between two servers:

Use these cmd on destination server:

rsync -avz /local/directory/ username@remote_server:/remote/directory/

or

rsync -avz source_user@source_server:/path/to/source_directory/ .

For example:

rsync -avz ubuntu@192.168.5.91:/home/ubuntu/new_directory .

• a: Archive mode, preserves permissions, ownership, and timestamps.
• v: Verbose output, shows details of the files being copied.
• z: Compresses data during transfer, reducing the network bandwidth required.