Basic UNIX Commands

    Basic UNIX Commands   Essential  UNIX Commands These commands that you really need to know in order to get started with UNIX. They are probably similar to commands you already know for another operating system.        Command                       Example     […]

20+ Switches of rsync in Unix/Linux

* Switches of rsync: 1) -v, –verbose Increase verbosity. 2) -r, –recursive Recurse into directories. 3) -l, –links Copy symlinks as symlinks. 4) -p, –perms Preserve permissions. 5) -t, –times Preserve modification times. 6) -g, –group Preserve group. 7) -o, –owner preserve owner (super-user only) 8) -D Same as –devices –specials. –devices : preserve device files […]

Command for Rsync over SSH – Unix/Linux

Command for Rsync over SSH   Common Syntax for Rsync: # rsync [options] Source Destinations. Set up a secure backup with rsync + SSH of one system to the other. backup.example.com# rsync -avz –numeric-ids –delete root@myserver.example.com:/path/ /backup/myserver/ To do the backup, you have to be root on the remote server, because some files are only root […]