rsync in 10 seconds

It's like cp and the following produce the same results:

cp -a /tmp .
rsync -a /tmp .

Note the following benefits:

• mirrors a directory along with meta data (like cp -a)
• uses diffs to save time when run again
• can cross servers over SSH

Here's the syntax for that SSH option:

rsync -a -e 'ssh' user@host:/tmp .

Which copies /tmp on a remote host over SSH like scp.

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