One of my favorite utilities on the Linux command-line, and block storage is one of my favorite features on Linode's platform, so in this article I get to combine both of these together - because what ...

Improve the speed SSH can run commands on remote servers with the help of multiplexing.

This tutorial is not for the feint of hard drive (eh, eh?), requiring some pretty fair command line chops (despite the detailed instructions - though this introduction to rsync might help). If you ...

If you need to share or transfer files between Linux machines, you have plenty of options. Here are some you might not have considered.

In other words, rsync needs the full functionality of the ssh command to do its thing, so specify this rather than scp if you use the -e option. After the options come rsync's actionable arguments, ...

A good rule of thumb is that whenever you find yourself using a "*" in your command line, e.g. 'foo bar/* something', do an 'ls bar/*' first to see what that expands to.

I was thinking in using rsync to keep some file synched between my RH box at work and this one on my house, using ssh as the transport agent. Thing is, I have to use a non-standard port -8092- so ...

Unlike many backup storage services, Rsync.net doesn't constrain you to web-based tools or customized apps, instead letting you use stock-standard commands like ssh, ftp, and of course rsync for ...