, backing up the music folder: , , /usr/bin/rsync -av pete@peteolson.me:/home/pete/Music/ /home/pete/2tb/backup/digital-ocean/music/ , , , to check if the files are getting backed up from the remote to the local: , , diff <(ssh peteolson.me ls -R /home/pete/Music) <(ls -R /home/pete/2tb/backup/digital-ocean/music) , , or mount the remote file system with sshfs: , sshfs pete@peteolson.me:/ /mnt/digital-ocean , , then use diff as if on a local machine: , diff /mnt/digital-ocean/home/pete/tmp/test-source ~/tmp/test-target , , un mount: , umount /mnt/digital-ocean ,