diff --git a/home_external/.bash_aliases b/home_external/.bash_aliases
index aaa70e2..c88e541 100644
--- a/home_external/.bash_aliases
+++ b/home_external/.bash_aliases
@@ -5,20 +5,25 @@ if [ "$TERM" == 'xterm-kitty' ]; then
    alias diff='kitty +kitten diff'
 fi
 
-DEFAULT_RSYNC='--info=ALL --recursive --delay-updates --human-readable --links --hard-links --perms'
+COMMON_RSYNC='--info=ALL --recursive --delay-updates --human-readable --links --hard-links --perms'
+export RSDEF="$COMMON_RSYNC --checksum"
+export RSBKP="$RSDEF --times --group --owner --delete"
+export RSMOV="$RSDEF --remove-source-files"
+export RSUPD="$COMMON_RSYNC --update --times"
+export RSCPY="$COMMON_RSYNC --ignore-times"
 
 alias l='ls -l -v --all --human-readable --classify --group-directories-first' # -lvahF --group-directories-first
 alias lt=='l --time-style=long-iso'
 alias r='reset'
 alias ..='cd ..'
 alias refresh_bashrc='. ~/.bashrc' # alternatively: 'source ~/.bashrc'
-alias rsync_default="rsync $DEFAULT_RSYNC --checksum"
+alias rsync_default="rsync $RSDEF"
 # source /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/rsync
 # complete -F _rsync rsync_default
-alias rsync_backup="rsync $DEFAULT_RSYNC --checksum --times --group --owner --delete"
-alias rsync_move="rsync $DEFAULT_RSYNC --checksum --remove-source-files"
-alias rsync_update="rsync $DEFAULT_RSYNC --update --times"
-alias rsync_copy="rsync $DEFAULT_RSYNC --ignore-times"
+alias rsync_backup="rsync $RSBKP"
+alias rsync_move="rsync $RSMOV"
+alias rsync_update="rsync $RSUPD"
+alias rsync_copy="rsync $RSCPY"
 alias copy_link='cp --no-dereference --recursive --preserve=all --link' # not --force to make it optional
 alias off='systemctl poweroff'
 alias nnn='nnn -dHrR'