Rsync

04Des09

Task : Copy file dari local computer ke remote server

Copy file from /www/backup.tar.gz ke remote server called openbsd.nirwan.net
$ rsync -v -e ssh /www/backup.tar.gz nirwan@openbsd.nirwan.net:~

Output:

Password:

sent 19099 bytes  received 36 bytes  1093.43 bytes/sec

total size is 19014  speedup is 0.99

Please note that symbol ~ indicate the users home directory (/home/nirwan).

Task : Copy file dari remote server ke local computer

Copy file /home/nirwan/webroot.txt dari remote server openbsd.nirwan.net ke local computer /tmp directory:
$ rsync -v -e ssh nirwan@openbsd.nirwan.net:~/webroot.txt /tmp
Password

Task: Synchronize a local directory dengan remote directory

$ rsync -r -a -v -e “ssh -l nirwan” –delete openbsd.nirwan.net:/webroot/ /local/webroot

Task: Synchronize a remote directory dengan local directory

$ rsync -r -a -v -e “ssh -l nirwan” –delete /local/webroot openbsd.nirwan.net:/webroot

Task: Synchronize a local directory dengan remote rsync server

$ rsync -r -a -v –delete rsync://rsync.nirwan.net/cvs /home/cvs

Task: Mirror a directory antara my “old” dan “new” web server/ftp

You can mirror a directory between my “old” (my.old.server.com) and “new” web server with the command (assuming that ssh keys are set for password less authentication)
$ rsync -zavrR –delete –links –rsh=”ssh -l vivek” my.old.server.com:/home/lighttpd /home/lighttpd

 

rsync command common options

• –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
  

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