julienma/rsync-1-liner.sh

Created April 4, 2016 22:45

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rsync big folders from one server to another, with custom port and RSA key.

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rsync-1-liner.sh

rsync -e 'ssh -p 12345 -i ~/.ssh/id_custom_rsa' --stats --progress -vaz ~/local-folder julien@host.com:~/remote-folder

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julienma commented Apr 13, 2016

Alternative: to send a lot of small files over a slow connection, might be better to tar everything:

tar czf - <files> | ssh user@host "cd /wherever; tar xvzf -"

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