rsync -e ssh –verbose –stats –compress –recursive –times –perms –links –delete –exclude “*bak” –exclude “.svn” –exclude “*~” –exclude “._*” /var/www/vhosts/domain.com user@domain.com:/var/www/vhosts/domain.com Recommendations: setup keyless login for user@domain.com also the user must have permissions to write in /var/www/vhosts/domain.com