This is the script I use for synchronizing data between my machines (and also to directories on the same machine, externally connected drives, and to and between ZFS filesystems). Here is an example set of files for synchronizing my home directory and `/usr/local` via rsync between two machines: `foo` and `bar`. First, `~/.pushme/stores.yml`: - Targets: - - bar - - home - local HostRe: [Ff]oo Name: Foo UserName: johnw SelfRe: [Ff]oo ZfsPool: null ZfsPath: null IsPrimary: true AnnexName: foo AnnexFlags: [] - Targets: - - foo - - home - local HostRe: [Bb]ar Name: Bar UserName: johnw SelfRe: [Bb]ar ZfsPool: null ZfsPath: null IsPrimary: false AnnexName: bar AnnexFlags: - - 'foo' - - - 'home' - - '-\(' - '--not' - '--in' - 'foo' - '--and' - '--not' - '--in' - 'web' - '-\)' Then, `~/.pushme/filesets.yml`: - Priority: 60 Name: home Class: quick,main ReportMissing: true - Priority: 80 Name: local Class: system,main ReportMissing: false And finally, `~/.pushme/containers.yml`: - Store: foo,bar Recurse: false Fileset: home PoolPath: null IsAnnex: false LastRev: null LastSync: null Path: ~/ - Store: foo,bar Recurse: false Fileset: local PoolPath: null IsAnnex: false LastRev: null LastSync: null Path: /usr/local/ Now I can run the following command: foo $ pushme bar 15:18:44 - [NOTICE] Synchronizing Foo -> Bar 15:18:44 - [NOTICE] Sending Foo/home → Bar 15:18:52 - [NOTICE] Sent 151.0M in 131 files (out of 1.37G in 12,418) 15:20:26 - [NOTICE] Sending Foo/local → Bar 15:21:02 - [NOTICE] Sent 0b in 0 files (out of 6.45G in 207,453) If you are wondering about the complexity of keeping filesets separate from containers, it's because I use pushme for several different scenarios: rsync'ing between machines, rsync'ing into ZFS filesystems, and sending ZFS filesystems as snapshot stream between servers. Pushme is able to handle all of these scenarios, but doing so required a bit more abstraction than a simple rsync-only tool would have needed. Some common options include: $ pushme -c quick bar # only sync filesets with the "quick" class $ pushme -f home bar # only sync the "home" fileset $ pushme -n bar # don't do anything, just scan $ pushme -N bar # don't even scan $ pushme -v bar # show commands being executed $ pushme -D bar # show more info than you want to see