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I've been thinking that we should replace "cp" with "scp", and then replace both of them with "rsync". Is that a bad idea?

• Piskvorrr 9y ago
  For what use case? We do use `rsync` instead of `cp` in some capacity, even for local-to-local file copy - as there is slightly more verification of a successful copy, and the destination is a quirky flash medium. Not sure how SCP would help here.
  • Bromskloss 9y ago
    For all use cases. > Not sure how SCP would help here. I mean that my train of though was first "scp, it seems, can do everything cp can, and more, so let's drop cp and use scp instead", then "but hey, rsync, it seems, can do everything that scp can, and more, so let's drop scp too and use rsync instead".
    • Piskvorrr 9y ago
      Possibly. `cp` is ancient and rather basic; OTOH, it is everywhere (as opposed to `rsync`, which I found out the hard way) and it is tiny (fewer toggles to push - less stuff to break).