wat is the differnces between scp and rsync in linux?

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wat is the differnces between scp and rsync in linux?..

Answer / susheel narayan singh hcl

scp and rsync is use to copy file on remote computer
difference is one that rsync is faster than scp cmd

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wat is the differnces between scp and rsync in linux?..

Answer / srinivas antarvedi

scp- copying files using ssh(secure copy) of the selected files from the source host to destination host and when finished closes the scp application

rsync- you need to setup the key authentication between the
servers that do the synchronization (to destinatio system to have the source public key in destination host's authorized_keys) and copies the files from source to destination whenever there is a change(addition/deletion) in the sounce directory .. can be pull/push/both

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wat is the differnces between scp and rsync in linux?..

Answer / praveen

scp means source copying files
rsync means synchronaisation of directories to all over the
network(give permissions like read,write,execute)

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wat is the differnces between scp and rsync in linux?..

Answer / ali

scp copies the data from using ssh protocol [secure copy].
rsync is more useful as it also copies the permissions as well, it basically syncs the data b/w source and destination.
rsync is more intelligent, as it will only copy the changes and no duplicates will be copied.

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