Copying large amout of files/dirs over SSH using RSYNC
Thu, 07/22/2010 - 02:14 | 
donie
To copy files from remote server to local:
rsync -vrplogDtH -e ssh user@remotehost:/remote/location /this/dir/
To copy files from local to remote server:
rsync -vrplogDtH /this/dir/ -e ssh user@remotehost:/remote/location
-v, --verbose increase verbosity
-r, --recursive recurse into directories
-p, --perms preserve permissions
-l, --links copy symlinks as symlinks
-o, --owner preserve owner (super-user only)
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