Rsync is a powerful and versatile file copying tool that allows you to synchronize local and remote directories. It can be used to copy files and directories between two machines, or to keep two ...

Over a decade ago, Andrew Tridgell was quoted as saying, “In 50 years’ time, I doubt anyone will have ever heard of Samba, but they’ll probably be using rsync in one way or another.” As one of the ...

This Docker image allows you to run a (continuous) Rsync backup. The logic is to perform a local backup from either a local folder or a remote server. Using the volume /backup you provide the target ...

Last month we covered setting up an rsync server for anonymous access. Listing 1 shows the sample rsyncd.conf file from last month, illustrating some options particularly useful for tightening ...

I was thinking in using rsync to keep some file synched between my RH box at work and this one on my house, using ssh as the transport agent. Thing is, I have to use a non-standard port -8092- so I ...

If you need to create an rsync backup over ssh, Jack Wallen walks you through the quick and easy process. Linux has all the tools you need to create a simple, automated network backup. Even better, it ...

I am working on a backup method for a few of our linux boxes here and I want to use rsync to mirror htdocs, postgres databases and the like. Now, I can easily run rsync from the prompt and have it ...