Rsync Flags - Sheet1

Question 1

-c, –checksum

Answer 1

skip based on checksum, not mod-time & size

Question 2

-r, –recursive

Answer 2

recurse into directories

Question 3

-R, –relative

Answer 3

use relative path names

Question 4

-b, –backup

Answer 4

make backups (see –suffix & –backup-dir)

Question 5

-u, –update

Answer 5

skip files that are newer on the receiver

Question 6

-d, –dirs

Answer 6

transfer directories without recursing

Question 7

-p, –perms

Answer 7

preserve permissions

Question 8

-X, –xattrs

Answer 8

preserve extended attributes

Question 9

-t, –times

Answer 9

preserve modification times

Question 10

-n, –dry-run

Answer 10

perform a trial run with no changes made

Question 11

–rsync-path=PROGRAM

Answer 11

specify the rsync to run on remote machine

Question 12

–existing

Answer 12

skip creating new files on receiver

Question 13

–del

Answer 13

an alias for –delete-during

Question 14

–delete

Answer 14

delete extraneous files from dest dirs

Question 15

–delete-before

Answer 15

receiver deletes before xfer, not during

Question 16

–delete-during

Answer 16

receiver deletes during the transfer

Question 17

–delete-delay

Answer 17

find deletions during, delete after

Question 18

–delete-after

Answer 18

receiver deletes after transfer, not during

Question 19

–delete-excluded

Answer 19

also delete excluded files from dest dirs

Question 20

–ignore-missing-args

Answer 20

ignore missing source args without error

Question 21

–delete-missing-args

Answer 21

delete missing source args from destination

Question 22

–ignore-errors

Answer 22

delete even if there are I/O errors

Question 23

-m, –prune-empty-dir

Answer 23

prune empty directory chains from file-list

Question 24

–exclude=PATTERN

Answer 24

exclude files matching PATTERN

Question 25

–exclude-from=FILE

Answer 25

read exclude patterns from FILE

Question 26

–include=PATTERN

Answer 26

don’t exclude files matching PATTERN

Question 27

–include-from=FILE

Answer 27

read include patterns from FILE

Question 28

–progress

Answer 28

show progress during transfer

Question 29

-i, –itemize-changes

Answer 29

output a change-summary for all updates

Question 30

-P

Answer 30

same as –partial –progress

Question 31

–password-file=FILE

Answer 31

read daemon-access password from FILE

Question 32

–list-only

Answer 32

list the files instead of copying them

Question 33

–inplace

Answer 33

update destination files in-place

Question 34

-C, –cvs-exclude

Answer 34

auto-ignore files in the same way CVS does