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Welcome to the step-by-step tutorial on how to use the rsync command line with your Mediaflux project at the University of Melbourne (UoM). This guide will help you understand the basic usage and various options of rsync command you can use to access your UoM Mediaflux projects for efficient file synchronization and transfer.

Why use rsync?

rsync is a command line file transfer and syncing tool used to transfer and sync files and directories. It is especially good for syncing file sets where only a small portion of files have changed and where there are some changes to existing files. It does this by only transferring the files with changes and the changes made in a file instead of resending entire files over, hence being more efficient.

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List of supported args/options:

-a

-t

-p

-g

-n/--dry-run

--delete

--exclude

--include

-v

-l

-r

-i/--itemize-changes

-c

--filter

-I/--ignore-times

-o

-d/--dirs

--progress

--stderr=e|a|c seems to work


Example 1: Upload Files From Your Local Computer Into Your Mediaflux Project

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