>>>>> "DD" == Dave Dykstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> wrote the following on Tue, 10 Jul 2001 10:34:53 -0500 DD> All that rsync uses ssh for is to open a bi-directional data DD> pipe and run a command (another rsync program) on the remote DD> side. It then ignores ssh (or rsh, the default) and does its DD> own protocol over the pipe between the two sides. Hmm, doesn't rsync run two copies of itself on the remote side? Maybe it uses three (?) unidirectional pipes instead of one bi-directional one? And either way, it would be nice to have a primer on designing a protocol like this, since I'm sure many people have already figured out the best way to handle latency, errors, etc. -- Ben Escoto
