Esther Payne 
I really hope rsync is free of slop.
Perhaps it's an opportunity to get to know #tar better. Drew De Vault wrote a mini guide.
https://drewdevault.com/2026/03/28/2026-03-28-rsync-without-rsync.html
Florian Wesch@onepict what a weird blog post. First of all there’s scp if you just want to unconditionally copy files or directories. Then there’s a reason rsync is called rsync and not rcopy: only transferring deltas and often hugely reducing the amount of data transferred is the main reason rsync exists.
@dividuum I guess it depends on why you're using it.