I take rsync for granted. It's just the best way to keep stuff out there up to date with stuff over here, and vice versa. And lately, I've been using it to supplant my usage of scp. And it works. Brilliantly. And until recently, I hadn't stopped to realize: Hey, you know, this thing somehow works out differences between files out there and over here long before what's here gets there. I know, duh, but I just hadn't considered it.

Well, Paul Holbrook reminded me of this tonight, with links to Andrew Tridgell's paper on the algorithm, among other things. Damn, things like this remind me that I'm supposed to be getting my butt back into school...

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