rsync-pro-tip: use a trailing slash on both the source/ and the target/ and you'll never go wrong: rsync /some/where/local/ host:/another/place/remote/ Th

rsync-pro-tip: use a trailing slash on both the source/ and the target/ and you'll never go wrong: rsync /some/where/local/ host:/another/place/remote/ The contents of local/ go into remote/ (I put this in another comment and it got some votes, which gave me the idea to solicit other gems.)