How to Use the rsync Command | Linux Essentials Tutorial

Rsync is a command line utility which synchronizes files and folders from one location to another. In this tutorial, we'll cover the basics of rsync including examples and common uses.

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:12 - rsync Manual
2:40 - Building an rsync command
4:28 - Dissecting the Command
6:42 - Using rsync dry run
8:30 - Syncing Files Between Servers
11:29 - Outro

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[MrMcp]

Great video as always! I've been using rsync to do incremental backups of my servers and it's been flawless and very flexible. You're not kidding when you say this tutorial is only scratching the surface! Rsync .... PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWER ... in an itty-bitty cli tool

[Techieguy]

Great content! This was super helpful. Jay is such a great host and teacher.

[chillnacho]

Jay is an awesome teacher. I've learned so much from him and always look forward to a new tutorial.

[ArniesTech]

Super informative and actually interesting to learn about rsync 💪🙏

[surkewrasoul]

What an awesome channel, It would be very helpful to see a Pfsense firewall series, Or linux security series. Thanks

[kentw.england]

I do a dry-run in my script and then a read to ask whether I want to do it for reals.

[eyes]

Hello, great demonstration. How to add a line to delete old backups? THANKS

[baruchben-david]

Quick hint: When you chown, instead of doing chow username:username, you can just do: chown username: Just put in the colon, and chown will fill in the group name.

[StringPassion.]

I used to use rsync for backup. Now I use Duplicati. It supports all types of storage, and automation is a breeze.

[RichardGreco]

Great video. A video showing how to add a automatic method to backing up with this rsync method. Using cron?

[mcdazz]

I love rsync. I also love Linode. Maybe I'm weird.

[runnerlinux]

Teacher u always got different os shirt..
U look great

[rboc]

Hi, nice tutorial.. I have a question though.. Do you need to put the back up files and directories into mounted directory before using the rsync command? Thanks

[LA-MJ]

OR you could use rdiff-backup, duplicity etc

[osada]

Thanks a lot for your video. But how to use rsync with cron ? Should I enter a password every time before running your script?

[thomasmarjoriewhittakers]

how can i make it run without the need to enter a password each time? eg. like making it work on a cronjob

[zaibalo]

What’s the point of using this over scp?