You might not even like rsync. Yeah it's old. Yeah it's slow. But if you're working with Linux you're going to need to know it. In this video I walk through my favorite everyday flags for rsync. Su...

You might not even like rsync. Yeah it’s old. Yeah it’s slow. But if you’re working with Linux you’re going to need to know it.

In this video I walk through my favorite everyday flags for rsync.

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Here’s a companion blog post, where I cover a bit more detail: https://vkc.sh/everyday-rsync

Also, @BreadOnPenguins made an awesome rsync video and you should check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eifQI5uD6VQ

Lastly, I left out all of the ssh setup stuff because I made a video about that and the blog post goes into a smidge more detail. If you want to see a video covering the basics of using SSH, I made one a few years ago and it’s still pretty good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FKsdbjzBcc

Chapters:
1:18 Invoking rsync
4:05 The --delete flag for rsync
5:30 Compression flag: -z
6:02 Using tmux and rsync together
6:30 but Veronica… why not use (insert shiny object here)

  • mesa@piefed.socialOPEnglish
    1·
    1 month ago

    Ive personally used rsync for backups for about…15 years or so? Its worked out great. An awesome video going over all the basics and what you can do with it.

    • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      It works fine if all you need is transfer, my issue with it it’s just not efficient. If you want a “time travel” feature, your only option is to duplicate data. Differential backups, compression, and encryption for off-site ones is where other tools shine.

      • bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        I have it add a backup suffix based on the date. It moves changed and deleted files to another directory adding the date to the filename.

        It can also do hard-link copied so that you can have multiple full directory trees to avoid all that duplication.

        No file deltas or compression, but it does mean that you can access the backups directly.

        • koala@programming.devEnglish
          1·
          1 month ago

          Thanks! I was not aware of these options, along with what other poster mentioned about --link-dest. These do turn rsync into a backup program, which is something the root article should explain!

          (Both are limited in some aspects to other backup software, but they might still be a simpler but effective solution. And sometimes simple is best!)