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Hello selfhosted! Sometimes I have to transfer big files or a large amounts of small files in my homelab. I used rsync but specifying the IP address and the folders and everything is bit fiddly. I thought about writing a bash script but before I do that I wanted to ask you about your favourite way to achieve this. Maybe I am missing out on an awesome tool I wasn't even thinking about.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Right, but if you're transferring things that frequently, there are better solutions.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not necessarily. Rsync deltas are very efficient, and not everything supports deltas.

It may very well be the correct tool for the job.

Anyway, problem fit wasn’t part of the question.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, there are probably a few perfect fits for it. I don't rsync between machines very often, so the only use case I might have is backups, which is already well covered with a number of tools. Otherwise I just want to sync a few directories.