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== Mirror a folder ==
== Mirror a folder ==
* ''Last tested on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial)''
* ''Last tested on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial)''
This also works between servers. The first one is on the same server.
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash" highlight="1">
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash" highlight="1">
$ rsync -azv /folder_a/ /folder_b/
$ rsync -azv /folder_a/ /folder_b/
</syntaxhighlight>
This one is between different servers.
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash" highlight="1">
$ rsync -azv ~/folder_a/ mhan@tom.myserver.com:~/folder_b/
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>


[[Category:System administration]]
[[Category:System administration]]

Revision as of 09:08, 8 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.

$ rsync -azv /folder_a/ /folder_b/

This one is between different servers.

$ rsync -azv ~/folder_a/ mhan@tom.myserver.com:~/folder_b/