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This rsync command will create a full backup of a folder, deleting extraneous files at the destination, preserving all file permissions / ownerships and displaying progress. Useful for creating / syncing a regular backup to an external drive or network share without re-transferring unmodified files.

rsync -aP --del /path/to/src /path/to/dest

Note that omitting a trailing slash on the src path will cause rsync to create the src directory at the dest location.

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