Use following command to copy-backup files from remote location to local location. {“/dev/“,”/proc/“,”/sys/“,”/tmp/“,”/run/“,”/mnt/“,”/media/*”,”/lost+found”}: This will exclude the files that we don’t need the backup for. root@111.2222.333.444/path/to/remote/folder/ : This is remote path. /backups/local/folder : This is local path.