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# ---- scp: secure copy ----

# Copy a local file to remote server
scp report.pdf alice@server.example.com:/home/alice/

# Copy remote file to local directory
scp alice@server.example.com:/var/log/app.log /tmp/

# Copy a directory recursively
scp -r /local/project/ alice@server.example.com:/home/alice/

# Use a specific port
scp -P 2222 file.txt alice@server.example.com:/tmp/

# Use a specific identity file
scp -i ~/.ssh/aws.pem file.txt ec2-user@ec2-host:/tmp/

# ---- rsync: efficient file synchronisation ----

# Sync local dir to remote (archive mode)
rsync -av /local/project/ alice@server.example.com:/home/alice/project/

# Dry run — show what would be transferred
rsync -av --dry-run /local/data/ remote:/data/

# Sync with deletion (mirror source exactly)
rsync -av --delete /local/project/ alice@server:/home/alice/project/

# Compress during transfer
rsync -avz /large/data/ alice@server:/data/

# Show progress for each file
rsync -av --progress /local/dir/ alice@server:/remote/dir/

# Exclude patterns
rsync -av --exclude='*.tmp' --exclude='.git/' \
    /local/project/ alice@server:/home/alice/project/

# Sync over a non-standard SSH port
rsync -av -e "ssh -p 2222" /local/dir/ alice@server:/remote/dir/

# Local backup (rsync between two local directories)
rsync -av --delete /home/alice/ /mnt/backup/alice/

# Scheduled rsync backup (add to crontab)
# 0 2 * * * rsync -az --delete /home/ /mnt/backup/home/