Rsync is a powerfull utility for UNIX systems which synchronizes files and folders between local and remote locations using a smart delta transfer algorithm when appropriate. It’s fast, it’s free and it has tons of handy features such as compression, recursion, bandwith limitation and more which you can benefit even in your daily life certainly if you know what to do with it and how. In order to be more familiar with the rsync advantages that can not be found in most similar applications or protocols, you may browse the documenation pages.

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