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rsync-backups.md 
❯ rsync --version
rsync  version 3.2.6  protocol version 31
❯ rsync --dry-run -v --itemize-changes --stats --progress -rt --delete --iconv=utf-8-mac,utf-8 "freenas.local:/mnt/default/Nextcloud/data/yoli/files/" "/Volumes/SAMSUNG 970/backups/yoli/nextcloud/"
  • rt -> recursive + preserve update time
  • iconv -> this is required to avoid false positives filename changes if executed in mac

By default this configuration will update files if it either has different size or update time.

The drawback of this method is that folder renames are not detected, and they need to be sync'ed from scratch. The fuzzy option might be able to help with simple renames at the same folder level.

More resources: https://www.baeldung.com/linux/rsync-ignore-file-properties https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/102211/rsync-ignore-owner-group-time-and-perms https://man.archlinux.org/man/rsync.1.en https://www.scivision.dev/rsync-to-exfat-drive/ https://lincolnloop.com/blog/detecting-file-moves-renames-rsync/

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