rsync is used to sync/copy files. If files are already present on destination, it will not copy files again, only changed or new files get copied when you run rsync.
To Copy files on same computer
rsync -a /path/to/source/ /path/to/destination/
To copy files from one server to another, run
rsync -avz --progress "-e ssh -p 3333" /home/solusvm/ [email protected]:/home/solusvm/
Copying files from remote server to local
rsync -chavzP --stats [email protected]:/home/flashwebhost/Desktop/www/ /home/suneesh/www/
Rsync with exclude option
rsync -avz --delete "-e ssh -p 3333" --exclude={dn,backup,delete} /home/ [email protected]:/backup/s12/home/
In the above example, folders dn, backup and delete will be ignored.
here is an example that exclude single folder, you can use multiple exclude
rsync -avz --progress --human-readable "-e ssh -p 22" --exclude=wp-content/uploads /home/diarioti/public_html/ [email protected]:/home/diarioti/public_html/
