wiki: add dev-tools section with tmux, screen, and rsync articles

Add three new articles to 03-opensource/dev-tools/:
- tmux: persistent terminal sessions, background jobs, capture-pane
- screen: lightweight alternative, comparison table
- rsync: flags reference, resumable transfers, SSH usage

Update all indexes (SUMMARY, section index, main index, README).
Article count: 28 → 31. Remove tmux from writing backlog.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# rsync — Fast, Resumable File Transfers
## Problem
Copying large files or directory trees between drives or servers is slow, fragile, and unresumable with `cp`. A dropped connection or a single error means starting over. You also want to skip files that already exist at the destination without re-copying them.
## Solution
`rsync` is a file synchronization tool that only transfers what has changed, preserves metadata, and can resume interrupted transfers. It works locally and over SSH.
### Installation (Fedora)
```bash
sudo dnf install rsync
```
### Basic Local Copy
```bash
rsync -av /source/ /destination/
```
- `-a` — archive mode: preserves permissions, timestamps, symlinks, ownership
- `-v` — verbose: shows what's being transferred
**Trailing slash on source matters:**
- `/source/` — copy the *contents* of source into destination
- `/source` — copy the source *directory itself* into destination
### Resume an Interrupted Transfer
```bash
rsync -av --partial --progress /source/ /destination/
```
- `--partial` — keeps partially transferred files so they can be resumed
- `--progress` — shows per-file progress and speed
### Skip Already-Transferred Files
```bash
rsync -av --ignore-existing /source/ /destination/
```
Useful when restarting a migration — skips anything already at the destination regardless of timestamp comparison.
### Dry Run First
Always preview what rsync will do before committing:
```bash
rsync -av --dry-run /source/ /destination/
```
No files are moved. Output shows exactly what would happen.
### Transfer Over SSH
```bash
rsync -av -e ssh /source/ user@remotehost:/destination/
```
Or with a non-standard port:
```bash
rsync -av -e "ssh -p 2222" /source/ user@remotehost:/destination/
```
### Exclude Patterns
```bash
rsync -av --exclude='*.tmp' --exclude='.Trash*' /source/ /destination/
```
### Real-World Use
Migrating ~286 files from `/majorRAID` to `/majorstorage` during a RAID dissolution project:
```bash
rsync -av --partial --progress --ignore-existing \
/majorRAID/ /majorstorage/ \
2>&1 | tee /root/raid_migrate.log
```
Run inside a `tmux` or `screen` session so it survives SSH disconnects:
```bash
tmux new-session -d -s rsync-migrate \
"rsync -av --partial --progress /majorRAID/ /majorstorage/ | tee /root/raid_migrate.log"
```
### Check Progress on a Running Transfer
```bash
tail -f /root/raid_migrate.log
```
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## Tags
#rsync #linux #storage #file-transfer #sysadmin #dev-tools