rsync vs. tar

From: George Young (gee_arr_why_at_ll.mit.edu)
Date: 01/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 14:43:36 -0500

[SuSE x86 Linux 8.2, 2.4.24 kernel]
I've just recently tried using rsync for mirroring a few files
(/var/spool/cron/tabs/*) from one machine to another. I'm curious
about what people use tar for versus rsync. Rsync seems to
have a lot of similar functionality. What kinds of things would
you use rsync in preference to tar, and vice versa? 

-- 
George Young
gee arr why@ll.mit.edu
[three letter username]

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