rsync -av --include='*/' --exclude='*' /path/to/src /path/to/dest/ rsync -av --include='*/' --exclude='*' /path/to/apache/logs/ root@www433.nixcraft.net.in:/path/to/apache/logs/ # cd /var/log/apache/ # rsync -av -f"+ */" -f"- *" . root@server2.nixcraft.com:/var/log/apache/ Sample outputs: building file list ... done ./ cricketnow.in/ cyberciti.biz/ hexindia.net/ io9.in/ nixcraft.com/ theos.in/ sent 388 bytes received 98 bytes 972.00 bytes/sec total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 You can also make local copies as follows: # cd /var/log/apache/ # rsync -av -f"+ */" -f"- *" . /jailfs/apache/httpd_root/var/log/apache/