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

-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.

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

--partial
       By  default,  rsync  will delete any partially transferred file if the transfer is interrupted. In
       some circumstances it is more desirable to keep partially transferred files. Using  the  --partial
       option tells rsync to keep the partial file which should make a subsequent transfer of the rest of
       the file much faster.

-q, --quiet
       This option decreases the amount of  information  you  are  given  during  the  transfer,  notably
       suppressing information messages from the remote server. This option is useful when invoking rsync
       from cron.