So it came to be that I had to do this task again after such a long time. It seemed like eons ago since I dabbled with crontab and rsync. I know the concept but the syntax and how-to already elude me.
Filtering various results of google searches, the following led me to execute the solution I have had in mind.
1. http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/09/rsync-command-examples/
3. http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net/techblog/article/schedule_tasks_on_linux_using_crontab/
and during testing:
4. http://rahulsoni.me/2009/09/running-linux-scp-and-rsync-commands-in-background/
I extend my gratitude to all the authors of these blog posts and online articles. Thanks a lot guys. You rock! 😀
