Showing total progress in rsync: is it possible? - Server Fault
The following applies to rsync version 3.0.0 and above. The options described below were introduced in that release on March 1st, 2008. Along with --info=progress2 you can also use - …
How does RSYNC do incremental Backups - Server Fault
How does rsync know which files are changed and which are not? Does it log its data anywhere in the file? Because I want to do incremental backups, but first it will transfer all files. So my main
rsync over legacy SSH server: error in rsync protocol ... - Server Fault
Jun 6, 2025 · No, it does not make sense, because rsync uses neither of the SCP/SFTP protocols. It is its own third thing – it runs rsync over SSH as the remote sender or receiver. So …
Copying a large directory tree locally? cp or rsync? - Server Fault
Oct 7, 2012 · I have to copy a large directory tree, about 1.8 TB. It's all local. Out of habit I'd use rsync, however I wonder if there's much point, and if I should rather use cp. I'm worried about …
rsync --compress-level: which compression levels can be used?
Nov 18, 2016 · Rsync has command line arguments for compression: -z, --compress compress file data during the transfer --compress-level=NUM explicitly set compression level What does …
In an rsync, how do I exclude all directories that match a pattern?
Sep 8, 2016 · In an rsync I am trying to exclude sub-directories that match a pattern. But, I cannot get it to work. I have followed several examples found here and on Google. But, I do not get …
How can I query the version number of a remote rsync server …
Mar 19, 2024 · I want to be sure that, when my primary server contacts myserver.local, that the version of rsync which answers is in fact the newer version. Related but separate question: …
Rsync daemon: is it really useful? - Server Fault
Feb 16, 2015 · Are there any practical benefits in using rsyncd compared to rsync over ssh? Does it really increase speed, stability, anything?
networking - rsync - unexplained error - Server Fault
I thought it could be a some king of incompatibility between rsync versions, so I switch the generator with a fresh new server (Debian 8) on a completely different server farm and I have …
Multi Threaded file sync between 2 Linux servers - Server Fault
Jun 10, 2011 · At the moment i'm running rsync for 2.2 million files total of 250GB and that just takes ages 700K files in 6 hours. Does anyone know a rsync like tool that can do this with …