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Using rsync for backups, because it's not shiny and new (tinkerbetter.tube)
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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)

It's just a one-off transfer, I'm not planning to stop the transfer, and it's my media library, so nothing should change, but I figured something resumable is a good idea for a transfer that's going to take 12+ hours, in case there's an unplanned stop.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    One thing I forgot to mention: rsync has an option to preserve file timestamps, so if that's important for your files, then thst might also be useful... without checking, the other commands probably have that feature, but I don't recall at the moment.

    rsync -Prvt <source> <destination> might be something to try, leave for a minute, stop and retry ... that'll prove it's all working.

    Oh... and make sure you get the source and destination paths correct with a trailing / (or not), otherwise you'll get all your files copied to an extra subfolder (or not)

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