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Latest revision as of 07:56, 20 August 2021
To synchronize two directories on two or more computers, rsync can be a useful solution. This is a reference[1]:
rsync -a username@remote_host:/home/username/dir1 place_to_sync_on_local_machine
Running rsync in the background
An article showing how to run rsync in the background can be found here:[2]. The instruction to run it in the background can be found here:
nohup rsync -a host.origin:/path/data destiny.host:/path/ &
Run rsync with ssh
To supply an ssh-key file to rsync, one can use the following command:
rsync -avzhe "ssh -i ~/.ssh/KEYFILE_NAME.pem" <user>@<remote-machine_DNS>:<remote folder> <local folder> --progress