<div dir="ltr">rsync -van --stats --exclude images/ --exclude other_big_dir/ /var/source/ /var/destination/<div><br></div><div>-v verbose</div><div>-a archive mode (preserves perms., recursive, etc.)</div><div>-n dry-run</div><div>Make sure to use trailing slashes if transferring directories</div><div>Use excludes to get it working before you move the biggest directories; or just do a small non-recursive rsync first.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Greg Rundlett<div><div><a href="https://eQuality-Tech.com" target="_blank">https://eQuality-Tech.com</a></div></div><div><a href="https://freephile.org" target="_blank">https://freephile.org</a></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 3:29 PM, David Rose <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:proviss@gmail.com" target="_blank">proviss@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">rsync -a source destination is all it should take.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On Jun 26, 2017 3:25 PM, "Dan Garthwaite" <<a href="mailto:dan@garthwaite.org" target="_blank">dan@garthwaite.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=""><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">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.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">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.</div></div></div>
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