Commands Help : rsync

•  faster, flexible replacement for rcp

[SYNOPSIS] rsync OPTION SRC DEST

option -v increase verbosity -a archive mode; same as -rlptgoD (no -H) -u skip files that are newer on the receiver -z compress file data during the transfer --exclude=PATTERN exclude files matching PATTERN --delete delete files that don’t exist on sender # rsync -av --exclude="tmp" /home/ /backup