> Consider rsync over tar. I forget the exact details now, but in the past I found that cpio was the best option at times. It may have been circumstances when

> Consider rsync over tar. I forget the exact details now, but in the past I found that cpio was the best option at times. It may have been circumstances when I didn't want the entire tree, but rather files that met specific criteria, and I was able to combine find and cpio (-o option) together.