10 Examples of Using RSYNC Orders in Linux

10 Examples of Using RSYNC Orders in Linux

Last updated July 25, 2020

Long distance synchronization or often referred to as RSYNC is a command in Linux that is often used to copy and synchronize files and directory.

With the help of the RSYNC command, we will be able to copy and synchronize files or directory from local servers to remote or vice versa, backup and mirroring data between Linux servers.

This article will discuss 10 examples of the use of RSYNC commands in Linux basically to advance. You don’t need to have access as a root to be able to carry out RSYNC orders.

Here are some of the advantages and features of the RSYNC command:

1. RSYNC is a very efficient command to copy and synchronize files between servers or from local to server and vice versa.
2. RSYNC supports copy links, owners group and permissions.
3. RSYNC will be much faster than SCP (Safe copy) because RSYNC uses a remote-update protocol that allows us to transfer to files that are changing or different. When you first do RSYNC, the system will copy the overall copy and for the RSYNC then will only copy the file or block file that changes so that it will be much faster.
4. RSYNC uses very little bandwidth because it uses compression and decompression methods during the transfer process.