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Rsync counts with a famous delta-transfer algorithm that allows us to transfer new files as well as recent changes to existent files, while ignoring unchanged files. It supports the creation of incremental backups. It can be used as an advanced copying tool, allowing us to copy files both locally and remotely. Rsync is a very versatile copying and backup tool that is included by default in almost every Linux distribution. Running rsync as a daemon (moved to it's own section) Transferring files between two remote systems Its use as a daemon when SSH is unavailable was moved to it's own section.ĭealing with whitespace and rare charactersĬompressing the files while transferring them From the copying and synchronization of local files and folders, to it's use for transfer information among computers. In this post I cover the basics of rsync, in preparation for a subsequent post that will cover backups and it's use in conjunction with cronjobs to automatize the backup process.