#Show progress while file is copying # Rsync options are: # -p - preserve permissions # -o - preserve owner # -g - preserve group # -h - output in human-readable format # --progress - display progress # -b - instead of just overwriting an existing file, save the original # --backup-dir=/tmp/rsync - move backup copies to "/tmp/rsync" # -e /dev/null - only work on local files # -- - everything after this is an argument, even if it looks like an option alias cpv="rsync -poghb --backup-dir=/tmp/rsync -e /dev/null --progress --"