How to Use Rsync to Sync New or Changed/Modified Files in Linux | Linux Today

How to Use Rsync to Sync New or Changed/Modified Files in Linux

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Aaron Kili
Aug 20, 2016

Using Rsync to sync new or changed/modified files in Linux. As a system administrator or Linux power user, you may have probably come across or even on several occasions, used the versatile Linux Rsync tool, which enables users to expeditiously copy or synchronize files locally and remotely. It is as well a great tool popularly used for backup operations and mirroring.

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