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Explanation of parameters used: | |||
-a: archive - preserve permissions, ownership, and timestamps | |||
-v: verbose | |||
-z: compress | |||
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Revision as of 14:10, 26 August 2016
List all disks and partitions
- Last tested on Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS (trusty)
$ sudo lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT,LABEL
NAME FSTYPE SIZE MOUNTPOINT LABEL
sda1 ext3 38G /
sda2 swap 2G [SWAP]
Mirror a folder
- Last tested on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial)
This also works between servers. The first one is on the same server.
Explanation of parameters used: -a: archive - preserve permissions, ownership, and timestamps -v: verbose -z: compress
$ rsync -azv /folder_a/ /folder_b/
This one is between different servers.
$ rsync -azv ~/folder_a/ mhan@tom.myserver.com:~/folder_b/