NOTE: These commands and variables are in assumption that you're only trying to sync your base home directory from the server to your local machine and vice versa.

Env variables

sourcehere = /home/$USER/ destination = /home/$USER/ serveraddr = user@123.456.7.8:/home/$USER/

How I sync...

locally rsync —update -vhraz —progress —ignore-existing —human-readable $source_here $destination

globaly rsync —update -vhraz —progress —ignore-existing —human-readable -e “ssh -c aes128-ctr” $server_addr $destination

aes128-ctr is great for downloading large files from distant servers; especially when downloading to your raspberry pi.

Here's a copy of the aliases

alias synchome='sshfs -o ciphers=aes128-ctr,compression=no,autocache,reconnect,kernelcache,allowroot $server_addr $destination'

alias syncserver='sshfs -o ciphers=aes128-ctr,compression=no,autocache,reconnect,kernelcache,allowroot $server_addr $destination'

Make sure you edit $serveraddr_ & $destination to your preference and add the appropriate folder

Now when you type: sync_home the remote server will sync with your local machine. It's that easy.

Till next time....!