If you have a trailing / on src, it will only copy contents. If you leave / off on src, it copy the directory.
-a is archive mode. Which is likely fine unless you need more. This should be fine for a basic rsync cronjob. <Time of day> <day of week/month> <user> rsync -a <src> <dest> You can get much more complex with rsync if you want but unlikely to be needed. On Sat, Apr 15, 2023, 17:59 Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, 15 Apr 2023, Randy Bush wrote: > > > i am also too subtle. you might use the man page and check out those > > parameter choices. > > randy, > > I saw in the man page that > --archive, -a archive mode is -rlptgoD (no -A,-X,-U,-N,-H) > which looked like your first example. > > Regards, > > Rich > >
