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Grsync: Graphical rsync backup tool in Ubuntu Linux

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grsync is a graphical rsync tool in Ubuntu Linux. It provides a graphical user interface to backup or sync important files & directories to remote machines or in local machines using rsync. It currently supports only a limited set of the most important rsync features but can be used effectively for local directory synchronization.

Installation of grsync on Ubuntu

Method 1: Open the Synaptic Package Manager, search grsync as shown below:

grsync synaptic

Select grsync and click on Mark for installation and then Click on Apply.

Method 2: Open the Terminal, use the below apt-get command.

$ sudo apt-get install grsync

Now take backup using grsync.

access grsync

Click on grsync

In the below example we are taking the backup of the ‘/home/thegeekdiary/Downloads’ folder in /opt folder.

grsync take backup ubuntu

Now Start taking the backup by clicking on the button which is marked in a red circle(Mark a full run(go!).

As you can see below, backup has been completed successfully and also show progress & output of rsync.

grsync ubuntu backup successful

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