to make the directories identical (say I deleted/moved a file) I would add '--delete' so it would look like: rsync -aquz --compress-level=5 --delete /home/bmike1/Documents /media/bmike1/USB DISK/ Right? On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 8:34 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > I know how to use rsync (sorta) to backup a disk and go between remote > machines. With my current incarnation of the os I'm not so worried about > backing up the whole system as I am a directory (and all of the directories > under it) nor copying between remote machines. The directory is the > 'Documents' directory. Would I: > > rsync -aquz --compress-level=5 /home/bmike1/Documents /media/bmike1/USB > DISK/ > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: