jason@Goliath:~$ ls -l
total 48
drwxrwxr-x 2 jason jason 4096 2011-11-24 00:29 Audiobooks
drwxr-xr-x 2 jason jason 4096 2012-03-02 13:34 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x 7 jason jason 4096 2012-01-02 22:43 Documents
drwxr-xr-x 2 jason jason 4096 2012-02-22 23:54 Downloads
-rw-r--r-- 1 jason jason  179 2011-10-04 15:51 examples.desktop
drwxr-xr-x 2 jason jason 4096 2011-10-10 14:52 Music
drwxr-xr-x 8 jason jason 4096 2012-02-01 21:20 Pictures
drwxrwxr-x 2 jason jason 4096 2011-11-24 00:29 Podcasts
drwxr-xr-x 2 jason jason 4096 2011-10-10 14:52 Public
drwxr-xr-x 2 jason jason 4096 2011-10-10 14:52 Templates
drwxrwxr-x 2 jason jason 4096 2011-10-14 15:39 Ubuntu One
drwxr-xr-x 2 jason jason 4096 2011-11-17 08:41 Videos
jason@Goliath:~$ rsync -a Desktop Desktop2
jason@Goliath:~$ sudo rsync -a Desktop Desktop3
jason@Goliath:~$ ls -l
total 56
drwxrwxr-x 2 jason jason 4096 2011-11-24 00:29 Audiobooks
drwxr-xr-x 2 jason jason 4096 2012-03-02 13:34 Desktop
drwxrwxr-x 3 jason jason 4096 2012-03-02 13:37 Desktop2
drwxr-xr-x 3 root  root  4096 2012-03-02 13:37 Desktop3
drwxr-xr-x 7 jason jason 4096 2012-01-02 22:43 Documents
drwxr-xr-x 2 jason jason 4096 2012-02-22 23:54 Downloads
-rw-r--r-- 1 jason jason  179 2011-10-04 15:51 examples.desktop
drwxr-xr-x 2 jason jason 4096 2011-10-10 14:52 Music
drwxr-xr-x 8 jason jason 4096 2012-02-01 21:20 Pictures
drwxrwxr-x 2 jason jason 4096 2011-11-24 00:29 Podcasts
drwxr-xr-x 2 jason jason 4096 2011-10-10 14:52 Public
drwxr-xr-x 2 jason jason 4096 2011-10-10 14:52 Templates
drwxrwxr-x 2 jason jason 4096 2011-10-14 15:39 Ubuntu One
drwxr-xr-x 2 jason jason 4096 2011-11-17 08:41 Videos
jason@Goliath:~$