Hans Georg Schaathun écrivit:
: also, in the rsync case: “This would recursively transfer all files : from the directory … ”, what does the word “recursively” mean there? Exactly the same as it does in «listing the directory recursively» or «deleting the directory recursively».
Traversing recursively a directory is more readily understandable when there are sub-directories, the operation involves going down those sub-directories and applying the same function ad infinitum. Excuse my Latin.
Again the distinction could be useful. A non-recursive «rsync dir1 dir2» probably isn't useful, but «rsync * dir2» might be.
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