Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2018 11:03:19 +0000 (UTC) From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r51776 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors Message-ID: <201806051103.w55B3J3B001501@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: eadler Date: Tue Jun 5 11:03:19 2018 New Revision: 51776 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/51776 Log: handbook: stop comparing rsync to rcp Users are more likely to be familiar with rsync, we no longer have rcp, and the comparison didn't provide much value in the first place. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml Mon Jun 4 22:43:05 2018 (r51775) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml Tue Jun 5 11:03:19 2018 (r51776) @@ -346,12 +346,9 @@ <title>Using <application>rsync</application></title> <para>These sites make &os; available through the rsync - protocol. The <application>rsync</application> utility works in - much the same way as the &man.rcp.1; command, but has more - options and uses the rsync remote-update protocol which - transfers only the differences between two sets of files, thus - greatly speeding up the synchronization over the network. This - is most useful for mirror sites of the &os; + protocol. The <application>rsync</application> utility + transfers only the differences between two sets of files. + This is useful for mirror sites of the &os; <acronym>FTP</acronym> server. The <application>rsync</application> suite is available for many operating systems, on &os;, see the <package>net/rsync</package>
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