Rsync Commands

Rsync Commands

rsync archive mode, preserve hard links, acls, extended attributes.
rsync -aHAXv /mnt/src/ /mnt/dest/
rsync root filesystem.
rsync -aAXv --exclude={"/dev/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/tmp/*","/run/*","/mnt/*","/media/*","/lost+found"} / /path/to/backup/folder

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