rsync examples

rsync

## sync a remote directory on a server S1 to a local directory L2 (i.e. copy S1 into L2)
rsync -avh user@192.168.0.1:/S1 /L2

## sync files from a remote directory on a server S1 to a local directory L2 (i.e. copy S1 contents into local L2)
rsync -avh user@192.168.0.1:/S1/ /L2

## sync a local directory L1 to a remote directory /S2 (i.e. copy L1 into remote S2)
rsync -avh ./L1 user@192.168.0.1:/S2

## sync files from a local directory L1 to a remote directory /S2 (i.e. copy L1 and its contents into remote S2)
rsync -avh ./L1/ user@192.168.0.1:/S2

## sync two local folders from L1 to L2 (i.e. copy L1 into L2)
rsync -avh /L1 /L2

## sync two local folders from L1 to L2 (i.e. copy L1 contents into L2)
rsync -avh /L1/ /L2

Update gist

Sync paper folder

Update paper folder to sync

Remove -z option (it reduces the transfer speed).