rsync basics

rsync is an awesome utility to sync files/directories between your linux machines. If you wnat to sync up two directorues and you just modifies the directory content on your LOCAL machine:

rsync -ave ssh /FullPathOnLocalToDirectory/ username@remote_ip:/FullPathToDirectoryOnRemote/

For example:

rsync -ave ssh /home/jake/Work/ jake@123.123.123.123:/home/jake/work/RH/

This will update remote folder RH with local folder Work .

When the source file is on the remote system, the syntax is largely the same:

rsync -ave ssh username@remote_ip:/FullPathToDirectoryOnRemote/ /FullPathOnLocalToDirectory/

For example:

rsync -ave ssh jake@123.123.123.123:/home/jake/work/RH/ /home/jake/Work/