rsync is a replacement for rcp (and scp) that has many more features. It uses the "rsync algorithm" which provides a very fast method for remote files into sync. It does this by sending just the differences in the files across the link, without requiring that both sets of files are present at one of the ends of the link beforehand.
minor bugfix: ### BUG FIXES:
- fixed handling of -H flag with conflict in internal flag values
- fixed a user after free in logging of failed rename
- fixed build on systems without openat()
- removed dependency on alloca() in bundled popt
### DEVELOPER RELATED:
- fix to permissions handling in the developer release script
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rsnapshot is a filesystem snapshot utility based on rsync. rsnapshot makes it easy to make periodic snapshots of local machines, and remote machines over ssh. The code makes extensive use of hard links whenever possible, to greatly reduce the disk space required. Depending on your configuration, it is quite possible to set up in just a few minutes. Files can be restored by the users who own them, without the root user getting involved. There are no tapes to change, so once it’s set up, your ba
