Timeline for rsync compare directories?
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| Oct 31, 2023 at 23:53 | comment | added | halloleo | If you only want the names of the changed files & directories, but not the auxiliary output of rsync ("sending incremental file list", etc), then use instead of -v the more granular option --info=NAME | |
| Sep 8, 2023 at 22:54 | comment | added | Wildcard | You need to add a / at the end of source but NOT target: rsync -avnc $SOURCE/ $TARGET | |
| Oct 31, 2017 at 5:42 | comment | added | Tom Hale | Please add --delete to list files only existing in $TARGET | |
| Nov 26, 2016 at 22:29 | comment | added | maxschlepzig | @flungo, or just use a subset of the options implied by -a instead of -a, e.g. rsync -rlDcnv --delete $SOURCE $TARGET | |
| Sep 30, 2016 at 17:31 | comment | added | flungo | If you only care that the data is the same you might want to add --no-group --no-owner --no-perms --no-times or some combination of these based on your needs. | |
| Jan 7, 2015 at 14:58 | history | edited | HalosGhost | CC BY-SA 3.0 | code blocks and escapes |
| Jan 7, 2015 at 14:54 | review | Late answers | |||
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| Jan 7, 2015 at 14:39 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jan 7, 2015 at 14:35 | history | answered | user98393 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |