> It is hard to emulate what rsync does with archive mode enabled, which speeds up transfers, so tar isn't exactly a replacement for rsync. Archive mode is wha

> It is hard to emulate what rsync does with archive mode enabled, which speeds up transfers, so tar isn't exactly a replacement for rsync. Archive mode is what tar does by default. It is just an alias for -rlptgoD. How does this speed up transfers? Are you thinking of something else?