Rsync is very useful tool used by Linux system administrators to sync between systems. We have all ready looked different features of the rsync where you can find them below.

Rsync Command Tutorial With Examples

How To Use Rsync Over Ssh In A Secure Manner?

In this tutorial we will look how to resume partial file transfers with rsync . This is very useful if we are transferring 8GB file but the transfer ended in the middle.

Enable Resume with Partionally Option

We will use -P options which will enable to resume interrupted file transfer. This option provides ability to resume even the interrupted transfer is done scp or ftp it simply look files in byte manner and resume where it left. In this example we will resume file named Ubuntu.iso to transfer from remote to local

$ rsync - P ismail@poftut3:/home/ismail/Ubuntu.iso Downloads/

Enable Resume with Partionally Option

We can made things more secure by using ssh tunnels. In this example we will resume parted transfer over ssh tunnel. In this example we will resume file named Ubuntu.iso to transfer from remote to local using ssh

$ rsync -e ssh -P ismail@poftut3:/home/ismail/Ubuntu.iso Downloads/