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ste_kwr
Asked: 2013-03-30 18:00:06 +0800 CST

rsyncing files only if they exist in target

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I'd like to know how I can sync only existing files and directories in the target directory.

For example, if I have in the source:

a\
b\
b.txt
a.txt

... and in the target:

a\
a.txt

Then I would like rsync to update a\ (including all files in it, on the source) and a.txt but ignore copying b\ and b.txt.

rsync

1 Answers

  1. Type in man rsync into the terminal to see the man page. It shows you all the options available and explains them. I think what you are looking for is

    --existing              skip creating new files on receiver

    so use it as option

    rsync --existing
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