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But if you’re working with Linux you’re going to need to know it.

Nope. I never have needed to know it. I only ever used it because I was either curious to know how to use it or because it was more convenient than other solutions. But scp is basically just as convenient.

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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
It doesn’t do diffs, so it’s really bad if there’s a lot of duplicate data.

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- victorz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  If you want to use it for backups, there are other solutions, so you still don’t need to use it. You can use something else. That’s my only point. 🤷‍♂️
  
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  - sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I use rsync for all kinda of things:
    
    deploying static files to a public webserver (blog or whatever)
    
    backups - scheduled systems/cron task w/ SSH key
    
    copying stuff from a USB drive
    
    I only really use scp if the system doesn’t already have rsync.
    
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    victorz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Alright. But you don’t need to know rsync. That’s my only point. 👍👍
    
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