#rsync

scp -3, rsync, the tar-over-ssh pipe, S3 as a relay, and the GUI way: five ways to copy files...

A deploy script that rsyncs your working directory ships half-finished edits and runs live migrations. Here is the invariant, and a check you can run in five minutes.

A local build/ folder three policy versions old nearly overwrote live files and deleted server-only ones. Why dry runs miss it, and a five-minute check.

Treat a disk that fails on writes as read-only: stream pg_dump over SSH to the target, pull EOL images from the registry instead of rebuilding them, and anchor rsync excludes with a leading slash. Notes from moving a Docker app of some fifteen servic

All three tools ride the same SSH connection: same auth, same keys, same ~/.ssh/config aliases, same...

Rsync vs scp: rsync resumes a dropped transfer and copies only what changed — scp just copies. Speed numbers, the flags that matter, and when scp still wins.

Rolling checksums, strong hashes, and the rsync protocol step that decides which bytes never travel — walked through end to end.

Data loss isn't a matter of if—it's a matter of when. Whether it's a failing hard drive, accidental...

I've built a small script to help verify rsync operations. The goal is to provide a straightforward...

When managing dedicated servers, moving data quickly and securely is a daily task. But with several...

The sync script hadn't changed. Same flags, same paths, same output format. I'd been running it every...

I wanted a simple setup: my PC syncs files to my Synology NAS in real-time, one-way, no deletions....