Easiest way to sync two folders
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install something like homebrew or macports to install rsync on the mac.. and use rsync
rsync -av /path/to/folder/ username@IP_ADDRESS:/path/to/sync/with
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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summatix over 1 year
What's the easiest way to sync the contents of a folder on a Mac OSX machine with another folder on a Linux server?
You can use
scp
:scp -r /path/to/folder/ username@IP_ADDRESS:/path/to/sync/with
But
scp
is slow and copies all files, regardless of whether or not they exist on the server. What are some other options? -
Zoredache over 12 yearsI am 99% sure that rsync has been included on OSX by default from since at least 10.2. I am certain that it is present by default on 10.4 and above. So unless he is running something insanely old, he has rsync already.