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by WClayFerguson 2300 days ago
Use rsync to make one folder structure match another by copying only the changed parts of files. You can sync many gigabytes VERY quickly this way.

You'll want to have an external USB3.0 drive to get from one machine to another IMO, because you would have wanted it backed up ANYWAY right? ...so there's no need to try to copy directly from one machine to another machine, without using the USB drive.

Here's an example command:

sudo rsync -aAXv --delete --force "/home/clay/ferguson/" "/media/clay/BAK/ferguson"
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mekster 2299 days ago
I'd hate to recommend a command line to a designer.
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WClayFerguson 2285 days ago
It really seems like there should be some kind of "SyncGUI" app built into Linux that does this sync with a nice GUI, and maybe there is one, I've never looked that up...

because all it needs to do is prompt for source and destination folders, with a stern warning about what it DOES. ha.

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