Michael Heiming wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.networking Unruh <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca>:
>> Dave <foo@coo.com> writes:
>
>>> Goran Ivanic wrote:
>>>> Assuem I want to transfer large amounts of stuff from one server to another (through Internet).
>
>>>> Which method should I prefer:
>
>>>> ftp or rsync ?
> [..]
>
>>> My guess is ftp will be faster. It just moves the files, and does not
>>> care whether they exist on the other end or not.
>
>> On large files that is a trivial overhead. rsync can also checks if the
>> files transfered are the same or not. ftp does not
>> From man rsync
>> Note that rsync always verifies that each transferred file was
>> correctly reconstructed on the receiving side by checking its
>> whole-file checksum,...
>
> I'd also take a look into 'unison', it is faster the rsync in
> certain situation and its GUI might make things easier for
> beginners, though you really want to use it from the shell to
> take most advantages.
>
hey Michael,

what else unison can offer in particular what rsync cannot at this point
of time? What I understand is rsync is a one way transferr system
whereas unison can do multi-way sync of file transferrs across like
wansync/intellisync ... is that correct?