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Sync a local folder with a remote folder over SSH using rsync
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The command -- rsync

rsync

rsync **source/** **destination

The source path must have a trailing slash to signify the end of the source directory path

Options

  • -a = all or recursive (sync all files in the directory).
  • -z = Reduce network transfer by adding compressing option.
  • -P = Combines the flags --progress & --partial (--progress gives you a progress bar, --partial allows you to resume partially/interupted transfers).

Sync a local folder to remote over SSH

[/directory/on/my/computer] ---> [/directory/on/server]

rsync -azP /Users/{username}/code/images/ username@mysite.example.com:/home/forge/mydirectory/storage/app/public
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