-Basically you use rsync just like rcp, but rsync has many additional options.
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-Here is a brief description of available options:
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--v, --verbose increase verbosity
--c, --checksum always checksum
--a, --archive archive mode (same as -rlptDog)
--r, --recursive recurse into directories
--b, --backup make backups (default ~ extension)
--u, --update update only (don't overwrite newer files)
--l, --links preserve soft links
--H, --hard-links preserve hard links
--p, --perms preserve permissions
--o, --owner preserve owner (root only)
--g, --group preserve group
--D, --devices preserve devices (root only)
--t, --times preserve times
--S, --sparse handle sparse files efficiently
--n, --dry-run show what would have been transferred
--x, --one-file-system don't cross filesystem boundaries
--B, --block-size SIZE checksum blocking size
--e, --rsh COMMAND specify rsh replacement
- --rsync-path PATH specify path to rsync on the remote machine
--C, --cvs-exclude auto ignore files in the same way CVS does
- --delete delete files that don't exist on the sending side
--I, --ignore-times don't exclude files that match length and time
- --exclude FILE exclude file FILE
- --exclude-from FILE exclude files listed in FILE
- --suffix SUFFIX override backup suffix
- --csum-length LENGTH set the checksum length
- --version print version number