1996-08-16 07:23:01 +00:00
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rsync is a replacement for rcp that has many more features.
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rsyns uses the "rsync algorithm" which provides a very fast method for
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bringing remote files into sync. It does this by sending just the
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differences in the files across the link, without requiring that both
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sets of files are present at one of the ends of the link beforehand.
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1999-09-03 04:28:07 +00:00
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This makes rsync a good remote file distribution/synchronization utility
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1996-08-16 07:23:01 +00:00
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in a dialup PPP/SLIP environment.
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Note, requires rsync on the destination machine.
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There is a Computer Science Technical Report on the rsync algorithm is
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included in the distribution, and is available as
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ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/rsync/tech_report.ps
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-- David (obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu)
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