How to sync or copy files between servers and/or workstations using RSYNC under CentOS Linux

Here’s a few quick tips on how to sync files between servers or workstations using rsync.

Frequently Used Arguments

  • --delete : delete files that don’t exist on sender (system)
  • -v : Verbose (try -vv for more detailed information)
  • -e "ssh options" : specify the ssh as remote shell
  • -a : archive mode
  • -r : recurse into directories
  • -z : compress file data

Sync local files to NEW server

Sync remote files from OLD server

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