--verbose, -v            increase verbosity --info=FLAGS             fine-grained informational verbosity --debug=FLAGS            fine-grained debug verbosity --stderr=e|a|c           change stderr output mode (default: errors) --quiet, -q              suppress non-error messages --no-motd                suppress daemon-mode MOTD --checksum, -c           skip based on checksum, not mod-time & size --archive, -a            archive mode; equals -rlptgoD (no -H,-A,-X) --no-OPTION              turn off an implied OPTION (e.g. --no-D) --recursive, -r          recurse into directories --relative, -R           use relative path names --no-implied-dirs        don't send implied dirs with --relative --backup, -b             make backups (see --suffix & --backup-dir) --backup-dir=DIR         make backups into hierarchy based in DIR --suffix=SUFFIX          backup suffix (default ~ w/o --backup-dir) --update, -u             skip files that are newer on the receiver --inplace                update destination files in-place --append                 append data onto shorter files --append-verify          --append w/old data in file checksum --dirs, -d               transfer directories without recursing --mkpath                 create the destination's path component --links, -l              copy symlinks as symlinks --copy-links, -L         transform symlink into referent file/dir --copy-unsafe-links      only "unsafe" symlinks are transformed --safe-links             ignore symlinks that point outside the tree --munge-links            munge symlinks to make them safe & unusable --copy-dirlinks, -k      transform symlink to dir into referent dir --keep-dirlinks, -K      treat symlinked dir on receiver as dir --hard-links, -H         preserve hard links --perms, -p              preserve permissions --executability, -E      preserve executability --chmod=CHMOD            affect file and/or directory permissions --acls, -A               preserve ACLs (implies --perms) --xattrs, -X             preserve extended attributes --owner, -o              preserve owner (super-user only) --group, -g              preserve group --devices                preserve device files (super-user only) --specials               preserve special files -D                       same as --devices --specials --times, -t              preserve modification times --atimes, -U             preserve access (use) times --open-noatime           avoid changing the atime on opened files --crtimes, -N            preserve create times (newness) --omit-dir-times, -O     omit directories from --times --omit-link-times, -J    omit symlinks from --times --super                  receiver attempts super-user activities --fake-super             store/recover privileged attrs using xattrs --sparse, -S             turn sequences of nulls into sparse blocks --preallocate            allocate dest files before writing them --write-devices          write to devices as files (implies --inplace) --dry-run, -n            perform a trial run with no changes made --whole-file, -W         copy files whole (w/o delta-xfer algorithm) --checksum-choice=STR    choose the checksum algorithm (aka --cc) --one-file-system, -x    don't cross filesystem boundaries --block-size=SIZE, -B    force a fixed checksum block-size --rsh=COMMAND, -e        specify the remote shell to use --rsync-path=PROGRAM     specify the rsync to run on remote machine --existing               skip creating new files on receiver --ignore-existing        skip updating files that exist on receiver --remove-source-files    sender removes synchronized files (non-dir) --del                    an alias for --delete-during --delete                 delete extraneous files from dest dirs --delete-before          receiver deletes before xfer, not during --delete-during          receiver deletes during the transfer --delete-delay           find deletions during, delete after --delete-after           receiver deletes after transfer, not during --delete-excluded        also delete excluded files from dest dirs --ignore-missing-args    ignore missing source args without error --delete-missing-args    delete missing source args from destination --ignore-errors          delete even if there are I/O errors --force                  force deletion of dirs even if not empty --max-delete=NUM         don't delete more than NUM files --max-size=SIZE          don't transfer any file larger than SIZE --min-size=SIZE          don't transfer any file smaller than SIZE --max-alloc=SIZE         change a limit relating to memory alloc --partial                keep partially transferred files --partial-dir=DIR        put a partially transferred file into DIR --delay-updates          put all updated files into place at end --prune-empty-dirs, -m   prune empty directory chains from file-list --numeric-ids            don't map uid/gid values by user/group name --usermap=STRING         custom username mapping --groupmap=STRING        custom groupname mapping --chown=USER:GROUP       simple username/groupname mapping --timeout=SECONDS        set I/O timeout in seconds --contimeout=SECONDS     set daemon connection timeout in seconds --ignore-times, -I       don't skip files that match size and time --size-only              skip files that match in size --modify-window=NUM, -@  set the accuracy for mod-time comparisons --temp-dir=DIR, -T       create temporary files in directory DIR --fuzzy, -y              find similar file for basis if no dest file --compare-dest=DIR       also compare destination files relative to DIR --copy-dest=DIR          ... and include copies of unchanged files --link-dest=DIR          hardlink to files in DIR when unchanged --compress, -z           compress file data during the transfer --compress-choice=STR    choose the compression algorithm (aka --zc) --compress-level=NUM     explicitly set compression level (aka --zl) --skip-compress=LIST     skip compressing files with suffix in LIST --cvs-exclude, -C        auto-ignore files in the same way CVS does --filter=RULE, -f        add a file-filtering RULE -F                       same as --filter='dir-merge /.rsync-filter' repeated: --filter='- .rsync-filter' --exclude=PATTERN        exclude files matching PATTERN --exclude-from=FILE      read exclude patterns from FILE --include=PATTERN        don't exclude files matching PATTERN --include-from=FILE      read include patterns from FILE --files-from=FILE        read list of source-file names from FILE --from0, -0              all *-from/filter files are delimited by 0s --protect-args, -s       no space-splitting; wildcard chars only --copy-as=USER[:GROUP]   specify user & optional group for the copy --address=ADDRESS        bind address for outgoing socket to daemon --port=PORT              specify double-colon alternate port number --sockopts=OPTIONS       specify custom TCP options --blocking-io            use blocking I/O for the remote shell --outbuf=N|L|B           set out buffering to None, Line, or Block --stats                  give some file-transfer stats --8-bit-output, -8       leave high-bit chars unescaped in output --human-readable, -h     output numbers in a human-readable format --progress               show progress during transfer -P                       same as --partial --progress --itemize-changes, -i    output a change-summary for all updates --remote-option=OPT, -M  send OPTION to the remote side only --out-format=FORMAT      output updates using the specified FORMAT --log-file=FILE          log what we're doing to the specified FILE --log-file-format=FMT    log updates using the specified FMT --password-file=FILE     read daemon-access password from FILE --early-input=FILE       use FILE for daemon's early exec input --list-only              list the files instead of copying them --bwlimit=RATE           limit socket I/O bandwidth --stop-after=MINS        Stop rsync after MINS minutes have elapsed --stop-at=y-m-dTh:m      Stop rsync at the specified point in time --write-batch=FILE       write a batched update to FILE --only-write-batch=FILE  like --write-batch but w/o updating dest --read-batch=FILE        read a batched update from FILE --protocol=NUM           force an older protocol version to be used --iconv=CONVERT_SPEC     request charset conversion of filenames --checksum-seed=NUM      set block/file checksum seed (advanced) --ipv4, -4               prefer IPv4 --ipv6, -6               prefer IPv6 --version, -V            print the version + other info and exit --help, -h (*)           show this help (* -h is help only on its own)