If you don't use a trailing /, it will copy a whole directory. As Brian also said. A / at the end of the destination also if you want the files IN that directory. 

I use rsync -avzpor quite frequently for migrations. Final syncs will get --delete so it has an exact copy. 

Jason

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On May 9, 2016, at 6:01 PM, Brian Cluff <brian@snaptek.com> wrote:

ls -h doesn't show hidden files, it shows the files sizes in "h"uman readable format.

Do an ls -a to show "a"ll the files, including the hidden ones.

Also I think you might need to add a trailing / to your destination directory to get it to work correctly.

Brian

On 05/09/2016 04:49 PM, Michael wrote:

forgot to mention that when I'm copying from original to destination w/o rsync i am asked if I want to skip or replace an existing file even though the file is not visible. I attempted to do an ls -h but the file is not hidden.

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 7:04 PM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:

When I run rsync one file (a directory) will not sync and the files in that file. I was wondering why. I thought that maybe if the file was in there to start that would fix it and it does so if only temporarily. Upon the next run of rsync the directory in question is deleted.

the command that is run:

 $ rsync -aWuq --delete-before /home/bmike1/Documents /media/bmike1/RedSanDisk

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FAfv-aLaQR6HWUx8M-aZF4QL8oAsi6SH2Xg01vKpTPI/edit?usp=sharing

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