One more question; it is about the trailing slash. From what I've read if you put the slash after the source directory rsync will not create and copy that directory but everything under it will be copied. My question (whether or not my understanding of it is correct) is does the trailing slash matter after the destination directory? (and please, correct me if my interpretation is wrong)

On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:

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 <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 10:37 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> 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 <bmike1@gmail.com> 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/
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