learning all sorts of neat stuff about rsync! did you know there is a '--progress' option? What exactly does the '-h' option do. I'm thinking I should include it but of what I've read so far a satisfactory explanation hasn't been presented. On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 10:37 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> 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~(-: >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: