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when I want to grab the latest version of a 30gb database dump, I think rsync. When I want to grab a file off my desktop when I am in a meeting, I think scp
by mattbriggs 15y ago
when I want to grab the latest version of a 30gb database dump, I think rsync. When I want to grab a file off my desktop when I am in a meeting, I think scp
- SkyMarshal 15y agoInteresting, why not rsync for the desktop file too?
- mattbriggs 15y agoIt's mostly inertia, I know the scp command way better then rsync, and for small things (which are the majority for me),it doesn't matter so much what I use. The other day, a coworker freaked when I searched for a file using find . | ack file,instead of just using find properly. I gave pretty much the same argument, so he measured it, and found I was losing about 0.002s. He basically said it was he principal of the thing, but for command line tools I really need a good reason to learn something new without any noticble benefit 99.9% of the time