Rsync Tips & Tricks

1.rsync_tips_and_tricks.md

Rsync Tips & Tricks

• rsync -auzPhv --delete --exclude-from=rsync_exclude.txt SOURCE/ DEST/ -n
  • -a -> --archive; recursively sync, preserving symbolic links and all file metadata
  • -u -> --update; skip files that are newer on the receiver; sometimes this is inaccurate (due to Git, I think...)
  • -z -> --compress; compression
  • -P -> --progress + --partial; show progress bar and resume interupted transfers
  • -h -> --human-readable; human-readable format
  • -v -> --verbose; verbose output
  • -n -> --dry-run; dry run; use this to test, and then remove to actually execute the sync
  • --delete -> delete files from destination if removed in source
  • --exclude-from -> file containing file patterns to exclude, one per line
• Great resource: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-rsync-to-sync-local-and-remote-directories-on-a-vps

makefile

.PHONY: send-dry send get-dry get copy-exp-dry copy-exp copy-master-dry copy-master

BASE = rsync
OPTIONS_SERVER = -auzPhv --delete
OPTIONS_EXPERIMENTAL = -azPhv
OPTIONS_MASTER = -azPhv
EXCLUDE_SERVER = --exclude-from=bin/rsync_exclude.txt
EXCLUDE_EXPERIMENTAL = --exclude-from=bin/rsync_exclude-experimental.txt
EXCLUDE_MASTER = --exclude-from=bin/rsync_exclude-master.txt
DRY = -n

LOCAL = ./
SERVER = UPDATE_SERVER_URL_HERE:~/path/to/project/on/server
REPO = /path/to/another/local/folder/to/copy/to/

SEND = $(BASE) $(OPTIONS_SERVER) $(EXCLUDE_SERVER) $(LOCAL) $(SERVER)
GET = $(BASE) $(OPTIONS_SERVER) $(EXCLUDE_SERVER) $(SERVER) $(LOCAL)
COPY_TO_EXPERIMENTAL = $(BASE) $(OPTIONS_EXPERIMENTAL) $(EXCLUDE_EXPERIMENTAL) $(LOCAL) $(REPO)
COPY_TO_MASTER = $(BASE) $(OPTIONS_MASTER) $(EXCLUDE_MASTER) $(LOCAL) $(REPO)

send-dry:
	$(SEND) $(DRY)

send:
	$(SEND)

get-dry:
	$(GET) $(DRY)

get:
	$(GET)

copy-exp-dry:
	$(COPY_TO_EXPERIMENTAL) $(DRY)

copy-exp:
	$(COPY_TO_EXPERIMENTAL)

copy-master-dry:
	$(COPY_TO_MASTER) $(DRY)

copy-master:
	$(COPY_TO_MASTER)