rsync with node.js in intel galileo linux

I've been really struggling for a few days trying to get a node.js script to work on the linux distribution offered on the intel Galileo board. I am using the full size distro provided for use on the SD card, and I have used:

'npm install rsync'

to install the node.js rsync. I am trying simply to test the functionality based on the example given at the npm site. Here is what I am using:

-#!/usr/bin/node

var Rsync = require('rsync');

// Build the command

var rsync = new Rsync()

  .flags('az')

  .source('/home/root/documents')

  .destination('/home/root/documents_backup');


// Execute the command
rsync.execute(function(error, code, cmd) {
    // we're done
});

cmd = new Rsync()

     .flags

     .source

I go to the terminal, open the directory it is saved in, and type node test.js. The line "All done executing" is shown, but there are no files from "documents" in "documents_backup."

Does anyone know why this script is not working correctly?

Or how to correctly use the node.js version of rsync.

I can't seem to have any luck getting a linux distro with gcc to compile and install rsync on the galileo board, so I am afraid this may be as close as I can get to it.

Thanks in advance.