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--- Rsync Cheatsheet

#install Rsync
sudo apt install rsync


#backup.tar needs to be copied or synced to /tmp/backups/ folder.
rsync -zvh backup.tar /tmp/backups/

#/root/rpmpkgs contains some rpm package files and you want that directory to be copied inside /tmp/backups/ folder.
rsync -avzh /root/rpmpkgs /tmp/backups/

#Copy a Directory from Local Server to a Remote Server
#in your local computer “rpmpkgs” which contains some RPM packages and you want that local directory’s content send to a remote server
sync -avz rpmpkgs/ root@192.168.0.101:/home/


#Copy/Sync a Remote Directory to a Local Machine
#Here in this example, a directory /home/toto/rpmpkgs which is on a remote server is being copied in your local computer in /tmp/myrpms.

rsync -avzh root@192.168.0.100:/home/toto/rpmpkgs /tmp/myrpms


#Copy a File from a Remote Server to a Local Server with SSH
#o specify a protocol with rsync you need to give “-e” option with protocol name you want to use. Here in this example, We will be using “ssh” with “-e” option and perform data transfer.

rsync -avzhe ssh root@192.168.2.100:/root/install.log /tmp/