Copying folders and files with rsync

rsync.md

Copying folders and files with rsync

How to copy files and folders (locally).

rsync -arvcEXtP source destination

Add options, "-l" and "-H" for symlinks and hard links if required. Add "-z" to compress is doing over the networks. Add "-u" to update and ignore newer files on destination.

Double checking transfers

diff -qr source destination

The diff is not required as using "-c" for checksum should be sufficent to compare rsync-ed files. This is just an additional paranoid step for critical files.

rsync(1) - Linux man page