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Inside termux on Android:

  1. Install the required packages 
    $ apt install openssh rsync
  2. Add a password for the termux user 
    $ passwd
  3. Get the termux username 
    $ whoami
  4. Run the ssh daemon 
    $ sshd

On your desktop:

  1. Generate your ssh key if you don't have one already. 
    $ ssh-keygen
  2. Add your key to the termux authorized keys 
    $ ssh-copy-id TERMUXUSER@ANDROIDIP -p 8022
  3. Test the setup by syncing a certain folder to the phone 
    $ rsync -av /localfolder/music TERMUXUSER@ANDROIDIP:/storage/emulated/0/Music --info=progress2 -e "ssh -p 8022"
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