./net/rsync, Network file distribution/synchronisation utility

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Branch: pkgsrc-2009Q1, Version: 3.0.5nb1, Package name: rsync-3.0.5nb1, Maintainer: tron

rsync is a replacement for rcp that has many more features.

rsync 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

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SHA1: d95e75af9456b0edca68bde17260c98261b4b8c5
RMD160: c2a223c7afc29be413b593deaa2187f5d000f7a6
Filesize: 758.411 KB

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