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