- from Windows to a remote linux server (view as raw to see diagram), I am using Mysys (ie. same as Git bash)
$ cd to_my_dir
source is everything in my_dir
show progress for large files |
| dir to exclude | dir on remote computer to sync up
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$ rsync -avz -P ssh --exclude Downloads . [email protected]:/media/two/LaCie/My\\ Documents
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remote computer name | need to escape the space with \\
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remote computer IP address (https://www.whatismyip.com/)
See here for arguments to rsync: http://linux.die.net/man/1/rsync
important ones:
-a archive
-v verbose
-r recursive
-t preserve modification times
-z compress
-n dry run
--stats show summary of transfer
-h human-readable
- Copy files from one folder to another folder that already exists, on the same machine:
$ rsync -avz test1/. test2/
$ rsync -avrtz test1/ test2/
- Here's a windows batch file to make it happen:
REM Changing directory... (assuming we are in G:/My Documents/My Various Things)
cd ../
REM starting rsync...
bash -c "rsync -avzh -P --stats --timeout=60 --exclude Downloads . '[email protected]:/media/two/LaCie/My\ Documents'"
REM rsync complete
@pause
Using a ssh key
https://bluebill.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/sync-files-from-windows-to-linux-using-ssh/
Here is what I'm doing on windows with a USB external hard drive:
REM Changing directory... (assuming we are in E:/My Documents/My Various Things)
cd ../
REM starting rsync...
bash -c "rsync -avzh -P --chmod=ugo=rwX --stats --timeout=60 --exclude Downloads . '/cygdrive/d/My_Documents'"
REM rsync complete
@pause
REM identify location of fstab with cygpath -w /etc/fstab
REM if you get "permission denied" messages, use CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER cmd to get an administrator command prompt, then run "takeown /f "c:\folder\subfolder" /r" to take ownership of everything in D: -- doesn't make any difference
REM then "ICACLS d:\My_Documents /grant administrators:F"
REM Right-click on My_Documents, Security, Everyone to full control.