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diff --git a/net/rsync/DESCR b/net/rsync/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..11cef9823df --- /dev/null +++ b/net/rsync/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +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: it requires rsync on the destination machine. + +There is a Computer Science Technical Report on the rsync algorithm +included in the distribution, and is also available as + ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/rsync/tech_report.ps |