divinequran Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 Hi, What is the difference between rsync and scp? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/193419-difference-between-rsync-and-scp/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallship Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Hi, What is the difference between rsync and scp? The difference is huge. SCP is just CP over SSH. Instead of just providing target and source, you also provide authentication in the form of uid/pwd and an SSHD on your end when copying down (downloading). It's also called SFTP, because all SFTP consists of is using SCP, but clients like Filezilla make it look like FTP that immediately disconnects after each action. rsync is used for backing up entire systems, and just keeping single iles syncronized on different systems. best to run it as a cronjob during non-peak time. After the initial rsync, it only capies parts of the file(s) that have been changed, keeping source A and source B in 'sync'. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/193419-difference-between-rsync-and-scp/#findComment-1021440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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