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Be very careful not to include a trailing slash in source and destination(maybe slash ok in destination but need to test) or you will end up deleting everything in your target. The trailing slash (/) on the source directory modifies the behaviour, - No trailing slash, the source directory is copied to the destination directory, and then the contents of the directory.
- With trailing slash, rsync only copies the content of the source without creating an additional directory level.
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--archive = which includes,
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caffeinate -s rsync "${EXCLUDE_ARRAY[@]/#/--exclude=}" --archive ... |
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You can also do this from the command line too, but the syntax will be different... (still to document).
Understanding the rsync Progress
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YXcstpoguax path/to/file
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||||||||||╰- x: The extended attribute information changed
|||||||||╰-- a: The ACL information changed
||||||||╰--- u: The u slot is reserved for future use
|||||||╰---- g: Group is different
||||||╰----- o: Owner is different
|||||╰------ p: Permission are different
||||╰------- t: Modification time is different
|||╰-------- s: Size is different
||╰--------- c: Different checksum (for regular files), or
|| changed value (for symlinks, devices, and special files)
|╰---------- the file type:
| f: for a file,
| d: for a directory,
| L: for a symlink,
| D: for a device,
| S: for a special file (e.g. named sockets and fifos)
╰----------- the type of update being done::
<: file is being transferred to the remote host (sent)
>: file is being transferred to the local host (received)
c: local change/creation for the item, such as:
- the creation of a directory
- the changing of a symlink,
- etc.
h: the item is a hard link to another item (requires
--hard-links).
.: the item is not being updated (though it might have
attributes that are being modified)
*: means that the rest of the itemized-output area contains
a message (e.g. "deleting")
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Example output (and I'll add more details here),
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>f+++++++++ some/dir/new-file.txt
.f....og..x some/dir/existing-file-with-changed-owner-and-group.txt
.f........x some/dir/existing-file-with-changed-unnamed-attribute.txt
>f...p....x some/dir/existing-file-with-changed-permissions.txt
>f..t..g..x some/dir/existing-file-with-changed-time-and-group.txt
>f.s......x some/dir/existing-file-with-changed-size.txt
>f.st.....x some/dir/existing-file-with-changed-size-and-time-stamp.txt
cd+++++++++ some/dir/new-directory/
.d....og... some/dir/existing-directory-with-changed-owner-and-group/
.d..t...... some/dir/existing-directory-with-different-time-stamp/
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Mac OS X to Errors
Use this only if things don't work on Mac OS X with the error message noted. On certain (I've yet to determine) versions of Mac OS X, restrictions have increased.
Special Character Issues btw UTF-8 Mac and UTF-8
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Terminal Restriction
Before using rsync you need to lift FDA (full disk access) restrictions in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Full Disk Access and add Terminal otherwise you may see the error messages when trying to rsync.
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Solution to FUSE or NFS on MAC - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/667992/rsync-error-failed-to-set-times-on-foo-bar-operation-not-permitted/668049#668049
Understanding what the Progress Bar Looks like - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4493525/what-does-f-mean-in-rsync-logs
Special Character and Platform Difference Issues - https://askubuntu.com/questions/533690/rsync-with-special-character-files-not-working-between-mac-and-linux https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/148799/rsync-with-linux-server-special-character-problem