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Questions tagged [rsync]

For questions about the rsync tool, which is a Unix utility for synchronizing files across computer systems.

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Using rsync to backup

I currently back up the contents of an external hard drive A by (1) deleting everything in the destination external hard drive B and (2) copying everything from A to B (in Finder). The external hard drive only contains “basic data” (folders, images,…
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Copy Time Machine backup with rsync

Is it possible to copy a Time Machine backup using rsync to another HFS formatted disk? I am concerned that rsync would not be able to track the hard-linked directories that Time Machine uses.
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Are there any up-to-date rsync frontends or similar for OSX?

For my work as a media professional I have been using the rsync frontend arrsync to back up my work, as time machine doesn't have the features I need. Arrsync, however, has not been in development for some time, and I was wondering if anyone knew of…
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What program should I use to transfer 20TB data across the network?

I need to copy 20TB of data onto a thunderbolt array. The box where the data exists does not have a thunderbolt connection, so I will need to utilize the local 1GB network for this. (Yes, it will take forever). I tried to use Filezilla/sftp, but it…
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Will rsync copy extended attributes, ACLs, etc. reliably enough for Time Machine?

I am copying a TM backup to a new drive over USB by drag&drop per Apple’s recommendation. But since it is more than two terabytes, I am concerned about the risk of interruption. If I try to resume with rsync -avAX will Time Machine be able to…
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How to keep original "date created" when copying via Terminal?

There are many questions online asking how to make the commands rsync and cp go about copying a file while keeping the "date created" attribute the same as the original instead of the time of copy. I understand this is Mac's added information and is…
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Rsync not copying some files with extended attributes

I am attempting to rsync from a network mounted volume to my Desktop. However some but not alll of the files are not copying because of an rsync error. I am using rsync 3.1.1 from Brew. I'm using this command: rsync -aXv /Volumes/Scotts\…
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Rsync with Linux server: special character problem

I have a problem with using rsync for backuping files on my remote linux machine to my Mac. The first time all is well, but apparently there is a problem with special characters between the mac and linux machine, since every time I run the rsync…
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Use rsync to automatically copy a file to another folder

I found this command to copy the content of source to a destination folder. rsync -r source/* destination What I would really like is to have this command run automatically each time a file is added to my source folder. Is this possible?
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How to use rsync via ssh with IPv6 LLA (link local address) addresses on OSX?

I'm using OSX High Sierra and bash. I'm trying to use a backup script based on IPv6 LLA (so I always reach the server, without DHCP, names etc). With IPv4 this works: rsync -e ssh /src/dir/* user@192.168.0.1:/dst/dir On Linux/Bash this works:…
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Trying to copy archive from one network share to another while ignoring the tilde character

I've been trying to copy an archive volume from one network share to another. Because most of these files are Mac files, I am using Mac Terminal to do so. I've tried every combination of cp, rsync, and ditto that I could come up with. The…
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copyfile errors and dot files using rsync

I read @SwisherSweet's question of the fastest and safest way to copy massive data from one external drive to another, along with @GrahamMiln's excellent answer. I'm in a similar situation where I want to copy data from a Firewire 800 connected…
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Why is finder copy faster than Rsync for local volumes?

I routinely find that the finder is faster for local disk to disk copy operations than Rsync. For instance Rsync on a large directory (100gb with 14000 files) can take many times longer than the finder. On my setup I see it working around 20MB/sec…
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update rsync in high sierra

I want to update rsync in high sierra. After I installed it using homebrew, it is installed in /usr/local/Cellar/rsync/3.1.3_1 rsync --version still shows 2.6.9. how can I fix that?
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How can I back-up an external drive while preserving attributes, folder creation date and showing progress?

Final goal Create a copy of all files one external hard drive to another external hard drive, both formatted as HFS+. Preserve the folder creation date. Preserve finder colour label. During the copy I want to see some kind of progress…
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