a fast, versatile, remote (and local) file-copying tool

-z, --compress
       With  this  option, rsync compresses the file data as it is sent to the destination machine, which
       reduces the amount of data being transmitted -- something that is useful over a slow connection.

       Note that this option typically achieves better compression ratios than can be achieved by using a
       compressing  remote  shell  or  a compressing transport because it takes advantage of the implicit
       information in the matching data blocks that are not explicitly sent over the connection.

       See the --skip-compress option for the default list of file suffixes that will not be compressed.

-r, --recursive
       This tells rsync to copy directories recursively.  See also --dirs (-d).

       Beginning with rsync 3.0.0, the recursive algorithm used is now an incremental scan that uses much
       less memory than before and begins the transfer after the scanning of the  first  few  directories
       have  been  completed.   This  incremental scan only affects our recursion algorithm, and does not
       change a non-recursive transfer.  It is also only possible when both ends of the transfer  are  at
       least version 3.0.0.

       Some  options  require  rsync to know the full file list, so these options disable the incremental
       recursion  mode.   These  include:  --delete-before,   --delete-after,   --prune-empty-dirs,   and
       --delay-updates.   Because  of  this,  the  default  delete  mode when you specify --delete is now
       --delete-during when both ends of the connection are at least 3.0.0 (use --del or  --delete-during
       to  request this improved deletion mode explicitly).  See also the --delete-delay option that is a
       better choice than using --delete-after.

       Incremental recursion can be disabled using the --no-inc-recursive option or its shorter  --no-i-r
       alias.

-t, --times
       This tells rsync to transfer modification times along with the files and update them on the remote
       system.   Note that if this option is not used, the optimization that excludes files that have not
       been modified cannot be effective; in other words, a missing -t or -a will cause the next transfer
       to  behave  as  if  it  used  -I,  causing  all files to be updated (though rsync’s delta-transfer
       algorithm will make the update fairly efficient if the files haven’t actually changed, you’re much
       better off using -t).

--delete
       This tells rsync to delete extraneous files from the receiving  side  (ones  that  aren’t  on  the
       sending  side),  but  only  for  the directories that are being synchronized.  You must have asked
       rsync to send the whole directory (e.g.  "dir"  or  "dir/")  without  using  a  wildcard  for  the
       directory’s  contents  (e.g.  "dir/*")  since the wildcard is expanded by the shell and rsync thus
       gets a request to transfer individual files, not the files’  parent  directory.   Files  that  are
       excluded   from   the   transfer  are  also  excluded  from  being  deleted  unless  you  use  the
       --delete-excluded option or mark the  rules  as  only  matching  on  the  sending  side  (see  the
       include/exclude modifiers in the FILTER RULES section).

              Prior  to rsync 2.6.7, this option would have no effect unless --recursive was enabled.  Beginning
              with 2.6.7, deletions will also occur when --dirs (-d) is enabled, but only for directories  whose
              contents are being copied.

              This option can be dangerous if used incorrectly!  It is a very good idea to first try a run using
              the --dry-run option (-n) to see what files are going to be deleted.

              If the sending side detects any I/O errors, then the deletion of any files at the destination will
              be  automatically  disabled. This is to prevent temporary filesystem failures (such as NFS errors)
              on the sending side from causing a massive deletion of files on the destination.  You can override
              this with the --ignore-errors option.

              The  --delete  option  may  be combined with one of the --delete-WHEN options without conflict, as
              well as --delete-excluded.  However, if none of the --delete-WHEN  options  are  specified,  rsync
              will  choose  the  --delete-during  algorithm  when  talking  to  rsync  3.0.0  or  newer, and the
              --delete-before  algorithm  when  talking  to  an  older  rsync.   See  also  --delete-delay   and
              --delete-after.

Local:  rsync [OPTION...] SRC... [DEST]

Access via remote shell:
  Pull: rsync [OPTION...] [USER@]HOST:SRC... [DEST]
  Push: rsync [OPTION...] SRC... [USER@]HOST:DEST

Access via rsync daemon:
  Pull: rsync [OPTION...] [USER@]HOST::SRC... [DEST]
        rsync [OPTION...] rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/SRC... [DEST]
  Push: rsync [OPTION...] SRC... [USER@]HOST::DEST
        rsync [OPTION...] SRC... rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/DEST