The rsync command stands for Remote Synchronization.
The Linux command rsync is used to do a backup operation and fast copy file into the local system or remote system in UNIX/Linux.
rsync command examples
# rsync options source destination
$ rsync – zvr /var/www/website/ /root/tmp
$ rsync –avz /root/temp/ linuxconcept@192.168.5.111:/home/linuxconcept/temp/
$ rsync –avz linuxconcept@192.168.5.111:/var/lib/mysql /root/temp