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rsync is a command for remote sync. It is used to synchronise one location to another in a simple way. Location is meant to be local directory, server or remote web server or whatever accessible by ssh. Advantages of using rsync over other tools is speed and bandwidth requirements. First time rsync copies entire contents of the directory provided and increments changes over next sync times. Command syntax: $ rsync options source destination 1. Synchronising local directories: $ rsync -zvr /tmp/logs/ /tmp/logs1/ building file list ... done created directory /tmp/ logs1 ./ log. log sent 98 bytes received 48 bytes 292.00 bytes/sec total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 $ Used rsync command options here: -z is for compression -v is for verbose output -r is for recursive directory scanning By default rsync does not preserve timestamps.  2. Preserve timestamps and permissions during sync: $ rsync -azvr /tmp/logs/ /tmp/...

The real article name might be something like:  Configuring Raspbery Pi to serve like a Time Capsule with Netatalk 3.0 for Mountain Lion.  But it's too long ;) Here I will describe the process of using Raspberry Pi like a Time Machine in my network. To be able to backup your MAC's remotely (Like it would be NAS of some kind). It assumes you have a Raspberry Pi and have installed a Raspbian there and have a ssh connection, or somehow having access to it's console. Refer to my previous article for details . Now that we have a Pi that is ready for action let's animate it. So to make it suit you as a Time Capsule (NAS) for your MAC's you need to do those basic steps: - connect and configure USB hard drive(s) - install support of HFS+ filesystem to be able to use MAC's native filesystem - make mount (auto-mount on boot) of your hard drive - install Avahi and Netatalk demons - configure Netatalk daemon to make it all serve as a Time Machine - configure ...