One of my favorite utilities on the Linux command-line, and block storage is one of my favorite features on Linode's platform, so in this article I get to combine both of these together - because what ...

SFTP and rsync are two tools that can help you transfer files across networks and the web. Here's how to use them within macOS. There are many occasions on which you need to transfer files between two ...

If you need a flexible means of backing up data on a Linux server, rsync might be your tool. There are countless ways to back up data on the Linux platform. One of the more tried and true methods is ...

Let’s face it. Backups are great, but backup systems are even better. And one great tool for cloning your critical servers is rsync. Whether you clone your file systems to second disks or to entirely ...

Nobody wants to lose their progress due to a system failure, so regardless of platform, there is a way to keep a backup of your system. In this post, we will use Rsync to back up Raspberry Pi without ...

Over a decade ago, Andrew Tridgell was quoted as saying, “In 50 years’ time, I doubt anyone will have ever heard of Samba, but they’ll probably be using rsync in one way or another.” As one of the ...

I was wondering if anyone knew how well (or not well) rsync handles hardlinks for files and (under Leopard and Snow Leopard) directories? My intent is to use rsync to clone, on a daily basis, my ...

Maybe you want the directories that you synchronize to be exact copies of each other or maybe you just don’t. Let’s dig a little more deeply into the rsync command and see if we can’t find just the ...

I hate to admit it, but I’ve screwed up many times throughout the years when it’s come to using computers. My first big “Oh shi!” moment came when I was about 8-years-old, goofing around on my ...