<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"><HTML><HEAD><TITLE>rsync examples</TITLE></HEAD><!--#include virtual="header.html" --> <H2 align="center">rsync examples</H2> If you have an interesting example of how you use rsync then pleasesubmit it to the <A HREF="mailto:rsync-bugs@samba.org">rsync-bugs@samba.org</A>for inclusion on this page. <h2>backup to a central backup server with 7 day incremental</h2> <pre><small><!--#include virtual="backup.txt" --></small></pre> <H2>backup to a spare disk</H2> <pre><small><!--#include virtual="horus.txt" --></small></pre> <H2>mirroring vger CVS tree</H2> <pre><small><!--#include virtual="vger.txt" --></small></pre> <H2>automated backup at home</H2> <pre><small><!--#include virtual="susan.txt" --></small></pre> <H2>Fancy footwork with remote file lists</H2> <pre><small>One little known feature of rsync is the fact that when run over aremote shell (such as rsh or ssh) you can give any shell command asthe remote file list. The shell command is expanded by your remoteshell before rsync is called. For example, see if you can work outwhat this does: 	rsync -avR remote:'`find /home -name "*.[ch]"`' /tmp/ note that that is backquotes enclosed by quotes (some browsers don'tshow that correctly).</small></pre> <!--#include virtual="footer.html" -->