Need to copy a 200GB directory

[Greg Rundlett (freephile)]

rsync -van --stats --exclude images/ --exclude other_big_dir/ /var/source/
/var/destination/

-v verbose
-a archive mode (preserves perms., recursive, etc.)
-n dry-run
Make sure to use trailing slashes if transferring directories
Use excludes to get it working before you move the biggest directories; or
just do a small non-recursive rsync first.

Greg Rundlett
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On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 3:29 PM, David Rose <proviss at gmail.com> wrote:

> rsync -a source destination is all it should take.
>
> On Jun 26, 2017 3:25 PM, "Dan Garthwaite" <dan at garthwaite.org> wrote:
>
>> Ditto Ken on two points:  200GB isn't that large (I've worked in an
>> animation studio) and rsync is restartable.  I'd go with rsync.
>>
>> It has a dizzying array of options and even more finer points.  You don't
>> need the rsync daemon.  Try to use full paths.  Include trailing slashes if
>> copying directories.  Experiment and then write a bash script.
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