#Comments, starting with a '#' anywhere on the line, are ignored #Whitespace separates arguments #Exactly one of source or target must include a machine specification. # #Here's the most common use: #/home/mydata/ targetbox:/home/mydatabackup/ # Send the mydata directory (must end with a '/') to targetbox. # #Here are some other examples: #/home/mydata targetbox:/home/ # Same as above; send the mydata directory to targetbox. #/home/mydata targetbox:/home/ -v # Be verbose, list all files transferred. #/home/mydata targetbox:/home/ "-v --numeric-ids -H" # Any rsync command line parameters can be specified. #targetbox:/home/archives/ /home/archives/ # Pull the mydata directory from targetbox back to here. #/etc/something.conf targetbox:/etc # Just send the one file #"/www/onefile.html /www/anotherfile.html" targetbox:/www # Send multiple files #/path/to/afile targetuser@targetbox:/newpath # Send to another user acount on the target box #