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Transfer files with RSync and SSH from remote server to local machine.md

All of the following commands are to be run on the remote machine where the files to copy are

We need a key to connect with SSH

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096

Put that pub key in the destination machine's ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

(asuming destination SSH is up and configured for accepting keys)

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Copy file to a safe place to work with as RSync's --delete flag is destructive if you mix the source and destinations up

cp -R source_directory ~/
cd ~/

Transfer the files

rsync -ravz -e 'ssh -p PORT_NUMBER' --progress --delete source_directory dest_user@dest_url:/dest/path/

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