Beginners Questions • Parallel /home folders?

That's what the -u parameter does -- only transfers files that are newer than destination, or that don't exist in the destination.

Yeah, I should have Read The Fine Manpage before commenting but at least TIL

Respective home directories in Debian KDE 12.8 and Kubuntu 22.04 may have different config files, commingling them sometimes can cause troubles. Typically you have to exclude the config files from copying and let the OS run its defaults. Rsync has --delete and --exclude= options among other niceties. You can achieve the same purpose with cp in conjunction with the find and exec commands, but it is much more convenient and versatile to use rsync.

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