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rsync roundup
By Martin English | September 5, 2006
You use more computers and operating systems to get your work done today than ever before. But how do you keep your files synchronized between them? Plenty of OS-specific tools can mirror folders, but you need something cross-platform and highly customizable. You need the 10-year-old command line file mirroring utility called rsync.
EverythingLinux’s excellent rsync tutorial discusses some of the reasons why rsync is better than ftp.
- Diffs – Only actual changed pieces of files are transferred, rather than the whole file. This makes updates faster, especially over slower links like modems. FTP would transfer the entire file, even if only one byte changed.
- Compression – The tiny pieces of diffs are then compressed on the fly, further saving you file transfer time and reducing the load on the network.
- Secure Shell – The security conscious of you out there would like this, and you should all be using it. The stream from rsync is passed through the ssh protocol to encrypt your session.
previous links:
Rsync on Windows
rsync – Windows, MAC, Unix, Linux, BSD
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