Rsync

rsync -a --stats /src/ /dst/

-a = -r (recursive), -l, -p (permissions), -t (times), -g, -o, -D

other usefull options:

-n = trial run
-h = human readable output
--progress (shows progression)
-i = itemised change list
-v = verbose
-vv = extra verbose
-u = update: only overwrite files with older mtimes
--fake-super = if you're running from a non-root user and you want to copy files owned by root (eg for backup purposees)
--numeric-ids = if you don't want to map usernames to uids but just want to copy the uids. Handy if the destination machine has usernames with different uids from the source machine.

To use

--exclude-from=filename
filename has to be in the same directory as where the command is run and needs  the following lines

-------
- dir1/
- dir2/
----

which will exclude processing of /src/dir1/ and /src/dir2/

troubleshoot this with 
-vv

To rsync to a remote machine:

rsync -a /src/dir/ -e ssh userid@destination.ip.or.server.name:/directory

to sync from a remote machine:

rsync -a -e ssh userid@src.ip.or.server.name:/directory /dst/dir/

To copy a whole machine, 

rsync -a -h --stats --exclude=proc/ --exclude=home/ --exclude=/sys/ -e ssh userid@src.ip.or.server.name:/directory /dst/dir/


If rsync gives io / data stream type errors, make sure the computer on the other side has rsync, or it won't work.

run from 192.168.1.6 (192.168.1.8 was rsync server)

rsync -caRvuz --stats -e ssh --delete /usr/store/ razor@192.168.1.8:wipstore

run from 192.168.1.8 (192.168.1.6 was rsync server)

rsync -caRvuz --stats -e ssh root@192.168.1.6::wipstore /import/wipstore/

files /etc/rsyncd.conf

Rsync USG People NV
# rsync -a /home/sites/www.more-in.com/site/live/rsync_dir/usgpeoplenv/ -e ssh root@82.94.91.78:/home/sites/www.more-in.com/site/live/usgpeoplenv/
# password: xxxxxxx

Notes

When using rsync over ssh, make sure both machines have rsync installed or it won't work.

Take care of the "/"es and the relative paths. Note in the following everything from 192.168.09:/home/ is copied into /mnt/home/ with the exclusion of /home/sites/www.maxq.nl/ and /home/sites/www.cmtportal.nl/site/zuilen/upload/. There are is no / before the path of the exclude and none after the destination dir.

rsync -a -h --stats --exclude=sites/www.cmtportal.nl/site/zuilen/upload/ --exclude=sites/www.maxq.nl/ -e ssh root@192.168.0.9:/home /mnt/