rsync is a replacement for rcp (and scp) that has many more features. It uses the "rsync algorithm" which provides a very fast method for remote files into sync.
rsync project 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.
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What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Fix a crash bug in checksum scanning when --inplace is used.
· Fix preservation of a symlink's system xattrs (e.g. selinux) on Linux.
· Fix a bug with the modifying of unwritable directories.
· Fix --fake-super's interaction with --link-dest same-file comparisons.
· Fix the updating of the curr_dir buffer to avoid a duplicate slash.
· Make daemon-excluded file errors more error-like.
· Fix some issues with the post-processing of the man pages.