Copying files using rsync from remote server to local machine

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markstewie picture markstewie · Feb 1, 2012 · Viewed 295.2k times · Source

Once I've ssh'd into my remote server, what would the command be to copy all files from a directory to a local directory on my machine?

Answer

Johnsyweb picture Johnsyweb · Feb 1, 2012

From your local machine:

rsync -chavzP --stats [email protected]:/path/to/copy /path/to/local/storage

From your local machine with a non standard ssh port:

rsync -chavzP -e "ssh -p $portNumber" [email protected]:/path/to/copy /local/path

Or from the remote host, assuming you really want to work this way and your local machine is listening on SSH:

rsync -chavzP --stats /path/to/copy [email protected]:/path/to/local/storage

See man rsync for an explanation of my usual switches.

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