Re: Best way to copy a large directory tree

Aryan Ameri <info@ameri.me> writes:

rsync -ahSD --ignore-errors --force --delete --stats $SRC/ $DIR/

Note -a does not do -HSX, and you're only passing -S. Both -H and -S have significant overhead, so pass them iff you need them. -a implies -D, so don't bother. Looks like -a also omits -A, though that's never stung me. -X stung me once due to capabilities(7); IIRC samba also uses it.