Removing source files after send to destination in Linux

Question

I need to move the files from one machine to another, It could be done either by SCP or RSYNC. Which will be the better one and also once it moved successfully to the destination, those files should be removed.

Stefan Klemz · Answer

rsync can delete files after transfer it. With the Option -e ssh is your transfer also secure ...

Here is an example: 
rsync -avr --remove-sent-files -e ssh user@server.com:/backup/ /volume1/daten/backup/