Why “rsync” is being discussed
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rclone has been the real fully featured ultra power alternative to rsync over the past 4-5 years. How do you compare Syq to rclone ?
by QuiCasseRien · Sep 11, 2026
> There is some info on the optimizations in the docs, but I agree that a more complete technical explanation of all the things syq does could be useful First, thank you for tak…
by AceJohnny2 · Sep 10, 2026
Don't despair; new tool rollouts are always a hard sell -- especially when replacing a beloved classic. For me, the killer feature would be "ease of use." Sure, I _can_ make rsy…
by rdbl27 · Sep 10, 2026
Nice example. Rsync might be better here. Although syq will still avoid copying most of the image if changing the config file just modifies a small number of locations and doesn…
by greaber · Sep 10, 2026
Yeah, I kind of regret writing "better than rsync" in the tagline. Maybe I should have written "better than rsync in some respects".
by greaber · Sep 10, 2026
Yeah, I get that. I really didn't mean to sound conceited, and I don't think that syq is better than rsync for every use case. I was just trying to convey in a very short space…
by greaber · Sep 10, 2026
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rsync is a utility for transferring and synchronizing files between a computer and a storage drive and across networked computers by comparing the modification times and sizes of files. Read more on Wikipedia