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title: Rsync-Flags
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Nextcloud backup recommends `-Aavx`

-v - verbose
-A - preserve ACLs
-a -> -rlptgoD
-r - recursive
-l - keep symlinks
-p - preserve permissions
-t - preserve modification times
-g - preserve group
-o - preserve owner (root only)
-D -> --devices --specials
--devices - preserve device files (root only)
--specials - preserve special files