Re: K12Admin project update

[Bruno Vernier <vernier@vc.bc.ca>]

On Fri, Jul 23, 1999 at 09:48:46AM -0500, Tim Wilson wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Tim Wilson wrote:
> 
> > I'm going to be implementing rsync+ssh too for distributing passwords on
> > my network. I'm just not confident enough in NIS to trust it. So, I'd
> > appreciate any hints that anyone might have.
> 
> All right, I should have read further and seen Steve's response. But, how
> about this question: what's the difference between rsync+ssh and scp (the
> secure copy component of ssh)?

rsynch is better because is checks to see if the file to be copied already 
exists (correct timestamp and size, I think)  and if not, copies it.

scp (while a simpler method), does not check anything; just copies.

advantage of rsynch: time saving for long unecessary updates

Bruno