prefer rsync over scp

9 years ago · f4544843b2
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@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ Notes:
 ```sh
 mkdir empty && rsync -r --delete empty/ some-dir && rmdir some-dir
 ```
+Also use `rsync` instead of `scp`, so that after network interruption you resume the file transfer rather than restarting from scratch.

 - Use `shuf` to shuffle or select random lines from a file.