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Re: documenting rsync, or, what are we here for anyway? (was: Re: what is rsync)

Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com> Fri, 27 November 2020 20:53 UTC

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Subject: Re: documenting rsync, or, what are we here for anyway? (was: Re: what is rsync)
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On 11/27/20 1:45 PM, John Levine wrote:

> I think we have it backwards. On today's Internet, rsync is clearly a
> lot more useful than FTP.

You're comparing apples to hammers.   And frankly, it's insulting.

Keith

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