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Using rsync for backups, because it's not shiny and new (tinkerbetter.tube)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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You might not even like rsync. Yeah it's old. Yeah it's slow. But if you're working with Linux you're going to need to know it.

In this video I walk through my favorite everyday flags for rsync.

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Here's a companion blog post, where I cover a bit more detail: https://vkc.sh/everyday-rsync

Also, @BreadOnPenguins made an awesome rsync video and you should check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eifQI5uD6VQ

Lastly, I left out all of the ssh setup stuff because I made a video about that and the blog post goes into a smidge more detail. If you want to see a video covering the basics of using SSH, I made one a few years ago and it's still pretty good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FKsdbjzBcc

Chapters:
1:18 Invoking rsync
4:05 The --delete flag for rsync
5:30 Compression flag: -z
6:02 Using tmux and rsync together
6:30 but Veronica... why not use (insert shiny object here)

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

I tried rclone once because I wanted to sync a single folder from documents and freaked out when it looked like it was going to purge all documents except for my targeted folder.

Then I just did it via the portal...

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    rsync can sometimes look similarly scary! I very clearly remember triple-checking what it’s doing.

    rclone works amazingly well if you have hundreds of folders or thousands of files and you can’t be bothered to babysit a portal.

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