Cloning a Directory in Linux
bartron on 1/1/2021
To clone and sync a directory in Linux, you use the rsync command. This is useful if you want to backup an entire drive or folder to another drive.
Let's assume you have a folder /media/location1 that you want to backup to /media/location2, you'd run this command. It completely syncs up the two locations, including deletes and modifications:
sudo rsync -av --delete /media/location1/ /media/location2