brock
5/10/2016 - 6:14 PM
Life Pro Tip for using Rsync
Life Pro Tip for using Rsync
#!/bin/bash
rsync -av --exclude 'rsync' SERVER:/path/* .- Be me
- forget the exact syntax for using rsync.
- get nested folders by mistake or end up with lots of files in the current directory
- sync files then delete files like 100 times as you try to remember the syntax
- look at the man page and then try again
- get nested folders by mistake or end up with lots of files in the current directory
- sync files then delete files like 100 times as you try to remember the syntax
- finally figure it out
- create a file in this directory
- call it
rsync - paste in the command that just worked
- make it executable:
chmod +x rsync
- now whenever I need to rsync the directory, I can just run
./rsync- and whenever I see an
rsyncfile in that directory, I know I've already figured out the syntax before - and the ladies be throwin theyselves at me