rsync Examples

Copying Files

rsync -aHAX -v --info=progress2 \
  /mnt/intermezzo/ariadne/home-movies/ /mnt/intermezzo/home-video/

I normally use rsync to move files since I like the checksum features.

Warning

This example deletes source files

rsync -aHAX -v --info=progress2 --remove-source-files \
  /mnt/intermezzo/ariadne/home-movies/ /mnt/intermezzo/home-video/

Removing empty directories afterwards

find /mnt/intermezzo/ariadne/home-movies/ -type d -empty -delete

-a Archive mode. Archive mode is -rlptgoD (no -A,-X,-U,-N,-H)

-r copy directories recursively

-l copy sym links, as symlinks

-p preserve permissions

-t preserve modification times

-g preserve group

-o preserve owner (super-user only)

-D preserve device files (super-user only) & preserve special files

-H preserve hard links

-A preserve ACLs

-X preserve extended attributes